ubuntu · CVE-2007-5940

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Tracker summary

CVE-2007-5940 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (feynmf), 5 status rows across 5 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, upstream): not-affected 4, needed 1.

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.