CVE-2007-4631 Information

Description

The DataLoader::doStart function in dataloader.cpp in QGit 1.5.6 and other versions up to 2pre1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and execute arbitrary code via a symlink attack on temporary files with predictable filenames.

Reference

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=190697 http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2007-210.shtml http://secunia.com/advisories/26738 http://secunia.com/advisories/26745 http://secunia.com/advisories/27098 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200710-05.xml http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=538002 http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=538002&group_id=139897 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25618 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3107 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=268381 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36503