CVE 2007-6209

Util/difflog.pl in zsh 4.3.4 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

Related bugs and status

CVE-2007-6209 (Candidate) is related to these bugs:

Bug #16759: compinit -U in /etc/zsh/zshrc is unfriendly to fpath users

Summary				In	Importance	Status
	16759	compinit -U in /etc/zsh/zshrc is unfriendly to fpath users		zsh (Ubuntu)	Medium	Fix Released

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