45154 : UUDeview tempnam() Function Temporary File Symlink Arbitrary File Overwrite
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(Description Provided by CVE) : uulib/uunconc.c in UUDeview 0.5.20, as used in nzbget before 0.3.0 and possibly other products, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary filename generated by the tempnam function. NOTE: this may be a CVE-2004-2265 regression.

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CVE ID: 2008-2266 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 29211
Secunia Advisory ID: 30171 31420
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=480972
Other Advisory URL: http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200808-11.xml
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/05/14/10

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