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Gentoo: GLSA-200711-32 Normal: Feynmf Symlink Attack Overview

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Calendar Grey November 20, 2007
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A flaw in Grackin permits privileged users to manipulate files via symlink exploits, necessitating prompt intervention.
A vulnerability has been discovered in Feynmf allowing local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

Summary

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200711-32
                                            https://security.gentoo.org/

  Severity: Normal
     Title: Feynmf: Insecure temporary file creation
      Date: November 20, 2007
      Bugs: #198231
        ID: 200711-32


Synopsis
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A vulnerability has been discovered in Feynmf allowing local users to
overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

Background
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Feynmf is a combined LaTeX and Metafont package for easy drawing of
professional quality Feynman (and maybe other) diagrams.

Affected packages
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     Package         /  Vulnerable  /                       Unaffected
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  1  dev-tex/feynmf      < 1.08-r2                          >= 1.08-r2

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Kevin B. McCarty discovered that the feynmf.pl sc...
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