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CVE Reference: CVE-2008-5138
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CVE-2008-5138

Description:
passwdehd in libpam-mount 0.43 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/passwdehd.##### temporary file.

CVE Status:
Candidate

References:

SUSE
  http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00000.html

MLIST
  http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00285.html


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