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TITLE:
GForge Insecure Temporary Files

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA27586

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27586/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Manipulation of data

WHERE:
Local system

SOFTWARE:
GForge 4.x
http://secunia.com/product/5451/
GForge 3.x
http://secunia.com/product/4541/

DESCRIPTION:
Steve Kemp has reported a security issue in GForge, which can be
exploited by malicious, local users to truncate arbitrary files.

The security issue is caused due to temporary files being handled in
an insecure manner. This can be exploited via symlink attacks to
truncate files with the privileges of the "gforge" user.

The security issue is reported in version 4.5.14. Other versions may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Restrict local access to trusted users only.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Steve Kemp, Debian Security Audit Project

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1402

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