CVE-2007-5940 Information

Description

feynmf.pl in feynmf 1.08 as used in TeXLive 2007 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and execute arbitrary code via a symlink attack on the feynmf$$.pl temporary file.

Reference

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198231 http://osvdb.org/42397 http://secunia.com/advisories/27737 http://secunia.com/advisories/27739 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-32.xml http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26507 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3974