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CVE-2007-6208

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered	Topic
2008-01-22	claws-mail -- insecure temporary file creation

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CVE-2007-6208 at cve.mitre.org

Details

Type	Candidate
Name	CVE-2007-6208
Phase	Assigned(20071203)

Description

sylprint.pl in claws mail tools (claws-mail-tools) allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the sylprint.[USER].[PID] temporary file.

References

Source	Reference
CONFIRM	http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=454089
GENTOO	GLSA-200801-03
BID	26676
OSVDB	42478
SECUNIA	27897
SECUNIA	28402