Bug#286370: (fwd) Bug#286370: xdvizilla: Vulnerable to symlink attack in temporary directory

To: Hilmar Preusse <hille42@web.de>
Cc: 286370@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Bug#286370: (fwd) Bug#286370: xdvizilla: Vulnerable to symlink attack in temporary directory
From: Stefan Ulrich <stefanulrich@users.sourceforge.net>
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 18:31:59 +0000
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Reply-to: Stefan Ulrich <stefanulrich@users.sourceforge.net>, 286370@bugs.debian.org
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Hilmar Preusse <hille42@web.de> writes:

> Just FYI. I've checked xdvizilla of teTeX beta too, but I'm not sure,
> if it has the same bug. At a first glance this is the case.

No, this has been fixed some time ago; see:
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=23164&atid=377580&func=detail&aid=812600
http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/xdvi/xdvik/texk/xdvik/xdvizilla?rev=1.3&view=markup

Best,
Stefan

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