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qgit — security advisory
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.
- Products
- qgit
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 1.5.5-1.1
- CVEs
- CVE-2007-4631
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 15:47 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2007-4631
qgit
Fixed versions: 1.5.5-1.1
qgit
Fixed versions: 1.5.5-1.1
qgit
Fixed versions: 1.5.5-1.1
Complete source record
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