mirrorselect before 0.89 creates temporary files in a world-writable location with predictable file names, which allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18382
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200412-05.xml
http://secunia.com/advisories/13392/
Source: Mitre, NVD
Published: 2005-01-10
Updated: 2017-07-11
Base Score: 5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Severity: Medium
Base Score: 7.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Severity: High