debian · CVE-2007-5940

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CVE-2007-5940 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 2 source packages (feynmf, texlive-bin), 10 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 10.

Description:

feynmf.pl in feynmf 1.08, as used in TeXLive 2007, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and execute arbitrary code via a symlink attack on the feynmf$$.pl temporary file.