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TITLE:
gource Insecure Temporary Files Security Issue

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA39462

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/39462/

DESCRIPTION:
A security issue has been reported in gource, which can be exploited
by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.

The security issue is caused due to the application using temporary
files in an insecure manner, which can be exploited to e.g. overwrite
arbitrary files via symlink attacks.

SOLUTION:
Fixed in the GIT repository.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported in a Debian bug by Sven Joachim.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=577958
http://github.com/acaudwell/Gource/commit/a1ac241ae41fb7e5f4deaa0d71037ad2a8e3167c
http://github.com/acaudwell/Gource/commit/c9e90a9ed9286b19a07bf4f8fc988a9fdf900cd2

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