[Simon Walter] Bug#506353: mailscanner: many scripts allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files, and more, via symlink attacks

[Julian Field]

On 12/12/08 11:07, Kai Schaetzl wrote:
> Phil Randal wrote on Fri, 12 Dec 2008 10:18:20 -0000:
>
>    
>> Looks like WorkArea.pm is missing a
>>
>> use File::Temp;
>>      
>
> Adding it at the start of the file didn't help. Jules, I reverted to the
> original WorkArea.pm. Mail is now processing again.
>    
That's because that's not what you need to add, it was your guess at 
what you needed to add :-)
Download the -2 release and you'll be fine, that has the correct line at 
the top I believe.

Jules

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