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TITLE:
GpsDrive "geo-code" Insecure Temporary Files

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA31694

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/31694/

CRITICAL:
Not critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

SOFTWARE:
GpsDrive 2.x
http://secunia.com/product/6060/

DESCRIPTION:
A security issue has been reported in GpsDrive, which can be
exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain actions with
escalated privileges.

The security issue is caused due to the "geo-code" script handling
temporary files in an insecure manner.

For more information:
SA31655

SOLUTION:
Restrict local access to trusted users only.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by Dmitry E. Oboukhov in a Debian bug report.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496436

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA31655:
http://secunia.com/advisories/31655/

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