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CVE Reference: CVE-2005-1856
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Original Page at CVE MITRE:
CVE-2005-1856

Description:
The CD-burning feature in backup-manager 0.5.8 and earlier uses a fixed filename in a world-writable directory for logging, which allows local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack.

CVE Status:
Candidate

References:

DEBIAN
  http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-787


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