Users of automake please be advised of a race condition errors vulnerability that has been identified.
To view this vulnerability, possible remedies, and others please check out the Security Advisories at Critical Watch (http://criticalwatch.com/support/security-advisories.aspx)
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MDVSA-2010:203: [MDVSA-2010:203] automake race condition errors
Problem Description:
A vulnerability was discovered and corrected in automake:
The (1) dist or (2) distcheck rules in GNU Automake 1.11.1, 1.10.3,
and release branches branch-1-4 through branch-1-9, when producing a
distribution tarball for a package that uses Automake, assign insecure
permissions (777) to directories in the build tree, which introduces
a race condition that allows local users to modify the contents of
package files, introduce Trojan horse programs, or conduct other
attacks before the build is complete (CVE-2009-4029).
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