Debian has released updated packages to correct a vulnerability identified in Cfengine. The problem is due to an error in the files "contrib/vicf.in", "/bin/cfmailfilter" and "/contrib/cfcron.in" that create temporary files insecurely, which may be exploited by malicious local users to conduct symlink attacks and overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running the vulnerable application.
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña
ChangeLog
2005-10-01 : Initial release
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