Title : Gentoo Security Update Fixes OpenLDAP "gencert.sh" Insecure Temporary Files Issue VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2007-0305 CVE ID : CVE-2007-0476
Rated as : Low Risk
Remotely Exploitable : No Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2007-01-24
Technical Description
A vulnerability has been identified in Gentoo, which could be exploited by local attackers to bypass security restrictions. This issue is due to an error in the "gencert.sh" script (distributed with the Gentoo ebuild for OpenLDAP) that handles temporary files in an insecure manner, which could allow malicious users to conduct symlink attacks and create or overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user invoking the vulnerable application.
