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Gentoo update for gccxml
Secunia Advisory: SA36682
Release Date: 2009-09-10
Popularity: 232 views

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

OS:Gentoo Linux

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Description:
Gentoo has issued an update for gccxml. This fixes a security issue, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain actions with escalated privileges.

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

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