mafft-homologs in mafft 6.240 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/_vf#?????, (2) /tmp/_if#?????, (3) /tmp/_pf#?????, (4) /tmp/_af#?????, (5) /tmp/_rid#?????, (6) /tmp/_res#?????, (7) /tmp/_q#?????, and (8) /tmp/_bf#????? temporary files.

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4971
• https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
• https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235804
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44825
• http://bugs.debian.org/496366
• http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/mafft
• http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30915