CVE-2007-4631

MEDIUM 6.9CVE-2007-4631 · Published 31/08/2007 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2007-4631 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.9) vulnerability affecting qgit (qgit).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.45%, higher than 39.2% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
qgit qgit	`= 1.5.6_2pre1`	No fix yet

Description

The DataLoader::doStart function in dataloader.cpp in QGit 1.5.6 and other versions up to 2pre1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and execute arbitrary code via a symlink attack on temporary files with predictable filenames.

References

bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi · Patch
fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2007-210.shtml
secunia.com/advisories/26738 · Vendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/26745 · Vendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/27098 · Vendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200710-05.xml
sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php · Patch
sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php · Patch
securityfocus.com/bid/25618 · Patch
vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3107 · Vendor Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36503

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