Description: Debian has issued an update for thttpd. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain actions with escalated privileges.
The /etc/logrotate.d/thttpd script creates temporary files insecurely. This can be exploited to create or overwrite arbitrary files via symlink attacks with the privileges of the user running thttpd.
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