CVE-2007-5940

Publication date 13 November 2007

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

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.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

No maintained releases are affected by this CVE.

Package Ubuntu Release Status
feynmf 7.10 gutsy
Not affected
7.04 feisty
Not affected
6.10 edgy
Not affected
6.06 LTS dapper
Not affected

Notes

fujitsu

feynmf is packaged separately. As it turns out, even 1.08-1 had this fixed in a different manner.