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>> Gentoo Security Update Fixes TRAMP Insecure Temporary Files Issue

Title : Gentoo Security Update Fixes TRAMP Insecure Temporary Files Issue
Advisory ID : VUPEN/ADV-2007-3565
CVE ID : CVE-2007-5377
Rated as : Low Risk

Remotely Exploitable : No
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2007-10-22

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A vulnerability has been identified in Gentoo, which could be exploited by local attackers to bypass security restrictions [...]

Solution

Upgrade the affected package :
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose " >=app-emacs/tramp-2.1.10-r2"

ChangeLog

2007-10-22 : Initial release

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