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gEDA netlist "sch2eaglepos.sh" Insecure Temporary Files
Secunia Advisory: SA32806
Release Date: 2008-11-25
Popularity: 1,535 views

Critical:
Not critical
Impact: Privilege escalation
Where: Local system
Solution Status: Unpatched

Software:gEDA 1.x

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Description:
A security issue has been reported in gEDA netlist, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain actions with escalated privileges.

The security issue is caused due to the script sch2eaglepos.sh using temporary files in an insecure manner. This can be exploited to e.g. overwrite arbitrary files via symlink attacks.

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