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Gentoo: GLSA-200510-13 Normal: SPE Insecure File Permissions Overview

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Calendar Grey October 15, 2005
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200510-14 addresses issues with GDM's inadequate access controls, rated as a moderate security concern.
SPE files are installed with world-writeable permissions, potentially leading to privilege escalation.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200510-13 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: SPE: Insecure file permissions Date: October 15, 2005 Bugs: #108538 ID: 200510-13

Synopsis ======= SPE files are installed with world-writeable permissions, potentially leading to privilege escalation.
Background ========= SPE is a cross-platform Python Integrated Development Environment (IDE).
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 dev-util/spe < 0.7.5c-r1 >= 0.7.5c-r1 *>= 0.5.1f-r1
========== It was reported that due to an oversight all SPE's files are set as world-writeable.
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