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Race condition In imwheel

Description

Race condition in IMWheel 1.0.0pre11 and earlier, when running with the -k option, allows local users to cause a denial of service (IMWheel crash) and possibly modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the imwheel.pid file.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

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