Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200710-22 (tramp)

The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200710-22. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $ Description: Auto generated from Gentoo's XML based advisory Authors: Thomas Reinke Copyright: Copyright c 2008 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com Text descriptions are largely excerpted fr...

CVE-2007-5377

The 1 tramp-make-temp-file and 2 tramp-make-tramp-temp-file functions in Tramp 2.1.10 extension for Emacs, and possibly earlier 2.1.x versions, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files...

CVE-2007-5377

The CVE concerns TRAMP (Emacs extension) specifically tramp-make-temp-file and tramp-make-tramp-temp-file in TRAMP 2.1.10 (and possibly earlier 2.1.x). The described flaw is insecure temporary file creation that enables a local attacker to exploit a symlink to overwrite arbitrary files within the...