FrSIRT - Fedora Security Update Fixes GnuCash Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability / Exploit (Security Advisories)

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Fedora Security Update Fixes GnuCash Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

Title : Fedora Security Update Fixes GnuCash Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability
Advisory ID : FrSIRT/ADV-2007-0773
CVE ID : CVE-2007-0007
Rated as : Low Risk

Remotely Exploitable : No
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2007-02-28

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Technical Description

Fedora has released security updates to address a vulnerability has been identified in GnuCash. This issue could be exploited by malicious users to conduct symlink attacks. For additional information, see : FrSIRT/ADV-2007-0653

ChangeLog

2007-02-28 : Initial release

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