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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200508-05
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: Heartbeat: Insecure temporary file creation
Date: August 07, 2005
Bugs: #97175
ID: 200508-05
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Synopsis
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Heartbeat is vulnerable to symlink attacks, potentially allowing a local user to overwrite arbitrary files.