Package: crossfire-maps
Severity: important
Version: 1.9.1-1
Tags: security

Hi,

The following CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id was published for 
crossfire-maps.

CVE-2008-4908[1]:
> maps/Info/combine.pl in CrossFire crossfire-maps 1.11.0 allows local users
> to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.

Although the original advisory only refers to version 1.11.0, the issue also 
affects the file in version 1.9.1-1 (shipped in etch).

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

[1] http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4908
     http://security-tracker.debian.net/tracker/CVE-2008-4908

Cheers,
-- 
Raphael Geissert - Debian Maintainer
www.debian.org - get.debian.net

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