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TITLE:
feynmf Insecure Temporary File Creation

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA27737

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27737/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

SOFTWARE:
feynmf 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/16624/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in feynmf, which can be exploited
by malicious, local users to perform certain actions with escalated
privileges.

The vulnerability is caused due to feynmf creating a temporary file
with a predictable filename based on its PID. This can be exploited
to overwrite arbitrary files via symlink attacks.

SOLUTION:
Grant only trusted users access to affected systems.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Gentoo credits Kevin B. McCarty.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198231

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