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TITLE:
GForge Insecure Temporary Files

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA30088

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30088/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

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

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

The security issue is caused due to temporary files being handled in
an insecure manner. This can be exploited via symlink attacks to
overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running the
affected scripts.

The security issue is reported in version 4.5.19. Other versions may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Fixed in the SVN repository.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported in a Debian advisory, crediting Stephen Gran and Mark
Hymers.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.us.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1577

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