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CVE Reference: CVE-2007-0476
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CVE-2007-0476

Description:
The gencert.sh script, when installing OpenLDAP before 2.1.30-r10, 2.2.x before 2.2.28-r7, and 2.3.x before 2.3.30-r2 as an ebuild in Gentoo Linux, does not create temporary directories in /tmp securely during emerge, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

CVE Status:
Candidate

References:

SAID
  Secunia Advisory: SA23881

OSVDB
  31617

GENTOO
  http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-19.xml

BID
  22195


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