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CVE-2008-0525 (PatchLink Update)

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CVE-2008-0525 (PatchLink Update)

This is a discussion on "CVE-2008-0525 (PatchLink Update)" within the Advisories part of the Computer Security: Discussions section; PatchLink Update client for Unix allows local users to (1) truncate arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/patchlink.tmp file used by the logtrimmer script, and (2) execute arbitrary code via a symlink attack on the /tmp/...

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CVE-2008-0525 (PatchLink Update)

PatchLink Update client for Unix allows local users to (1) truncate arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/patchlink.tmp file used by the logtrimmer script, and (2) execute arbitrary code via a symlink attack on the /tmp/plshutdown file used by the rebootTask script.

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