Bug 208433 - bad temp file usage
Summary: bad temp file usage
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: sysstat
Version: rawhide
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
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Assignee: Ivana Varekova
QA Contact: Brian Brock
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2006-09-28 15:37 UTC by Steve Grubb
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:11 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2006-10-26 09:20:07 UTC
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Patch fixing tmp file usage (952 bytes, patch)
2006-09-28 15:37 UTC, Steve Grubb
no flags Details | Diff

Description Steve Grubb 2006-09-28 15:37:08 UTC
Description of problem:
sysstat is creating a file in the /tmp directory that is very predictable, which
is publicly writable. It would be better for it to create its status file in the
/var/run directory to aleviate any security concerns.

Comment 1 Steve Grubb 2006-09-28 15:37:08 UTC
Created attachment 137317 [details]
Patch fixing tmp file usage

Comment 2 Ivana Varekova 2006-10-26 09:20:07 UTC
Fixed in sysstat-7.0.0-3


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