Gentoo: GLSA-202110-12 Normal: LibXYZ Code Injection Vulnerability
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July 25, 2007
A vulnerability has been discovered in NVClock, allowing for the execution of arbitrary code.
Summary
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200707-08
https://security.gentoo.org/
Severity: Normal
Title: NVClock: Insecure file usage
Date: July 24, 2007
Bugs: #184071
ID: 200707-08
Synopsis
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A vulnerability has been discovered in NVClock, allowing for the
execution of arbitrary code.
Background
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NVClock is an utility for changing NVidia graphic chipsets internal
frequency.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 media-video/nvclock < 0.7-r2 >= 0.7-r2
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Tavis Ormandy of the Gentoo Linux Security Team discovered that NVClock
makes usage of an insecure temporary file in the /tmp directory.
Impact
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A local attacker could create a...
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