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List:       oss-security
Subject:    Re: [oss-security] CVE id request: projectl
From:       "Steven M. Christey" <coley () linus ! mitre ! org>
Date:       2008-07-18 15:44:56
Message-ID: Pine.GSO.4.51.0807181144510.17955 () faron ! mitre ! org
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Name: CVE-2008-3216
Status: Candidate
URL: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3216
Reference: MLIST:[oss-security] 20080709 CVE id request: projectl
Reference: URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/09/8
Reference: CONFIRM:http://bugs.debian.org/489988

The save function in br/prefmanager.d in projectl 1.001 creates a
projectL.prf file in the current working directory, which allows local
users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.


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