CVE request: mktexlsr/texlive: insecure use of /tmp

[Vasyl Kaigorodov <vkaigoro () redhat com>]

Hello,

Can I please have a CVE assigned for the following issue:

mktexlsr is creating /tmp files in an insecure way:

    treefile="${TMPDIR-/tmp}/mktexlsrtrees$$.tmp"
    # ...
    while test $# -gt 0; do
       # ...
       (umask 077
       if echo "$1" >>"$treefile"; then :; else
         echo "$progname: $treefile: could not append to arg file, goodbye." >&2
         exit 1
       fi
       # ...
    done

This is insecure because the filename is predictable and, more 
importantly, the program doesn't fail atomically if the file already 
exists.

References:
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=775139
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1181167

Thanks.
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