Package: pvpgn
Severity: important
Tags: security

Hi,
the following CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id was
published for pvpgn.

CVE-2008-5370[0]:
| pvpgn-support-installer in pvpgn 1.8.1 allows local users to overwrite
| arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the
| /tmp/pvpgn-support-1.0.tar.gz temporary file.

The problem appears to be in line 104 in pvpgn-support-installer.

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE id in your changelog entry.

Cheers
Steffen

For further information see:

[0] http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5370
    http://security-tracker.debian.net/tracker/CVE-2008-5370



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