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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
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<glsa id="200909-07">
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<title>TkMan: Insecure temporary file usage</title>
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<synopsis>
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An insecure temporary file usage has been reported in TkMan, allowing for
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symlink attacks.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">tkman</product>
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<announced>2009-09-09</announced>
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<revised count="01">2009-09-09</revised>
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<bug>247540</bug>
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<access>local</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="app-text/tkman" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">2.2-r1</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">2.2-r1</vulnerable>
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</package>
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</affected>
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<background>
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<p>
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TkMan is a graphical, hypertext manual page and Texinfo browser for
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UNIX.
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</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>
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Dmitry E. Oboukhov reported that TkMan does not handle the
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"/tmp/tkman#####" and "/tmp/ll" temporary files securely.
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</p>
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</description>
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<impact type="normal">
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<p>
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A local attacker could perform symlink attacks to overwrite arbitrary
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files with the privileges of the user running the application.
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</p>
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</impact>
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<workaround>
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<p>
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There is no known workaround at this time.
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</p>
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</workaround>
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<resolution>
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<p>
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All TkMan users should upgrade to the latest version:
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</p>
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<code>
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# emerge --sync
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/tkman-2.2-r1"</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5137">CVE-2008-5137</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2009-07-19T18:23:29Z">
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a3li
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2009-08-28T07:32:36Z">
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a3li
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2009-08-31T03:37:41Z">
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a3li
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</metadata>
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</glsa>
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