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<title>Command explanations</title>
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<para>The sed commands fix a symlink vulnerability in ed. The ed
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executable creates files in /tmp with predictable names. By using
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various symlink attacks, it is possible to have ed write to files
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it should not, change the permissions of various files, etc.</para>
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</sect2>
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