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GNU libtool insecure temporary file handling

Description:

libtool attempts to create a temporary directory in which to write scratch files needed during processing. A malicious user may create a symlink and then manipulate the directory so as to write to files to which she normally has no permissions.

This has been reported as a ``symlink vulnerability'', although I do not think that is an accurate description.

This vulnerability could possibly be used on a multi-user system to gain elevated privileges, e.g. root builds some packages, and another user successfully exploits this vulnerability to write to a system file.

References:

Affects:

portaudit: GNU libtool insecure temporary file handling

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Oliver Eikemeier <eik@FreeBSD.org>