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1.7 KiB
<?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="201206-17">
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<title>virtualenv: Insecure temporary file usage</title>
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<synopsis>An insecure temporary file usage has been reported in virtualenv,
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possibly allowing symlink attacks.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">virtualenv</product>
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<announced>2012-06-22</announced>
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<revised count="1">2012-06-22</revised>
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<bug>395285</bug>
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<access>local</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="dev-python/virtualenv" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">1.5.1</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">1.5.1</vulnerable>
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</package>
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</affected>
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<background>
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<p>virtualenv is a virtual Python environment builder.</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>The virtualenv.py script in virtualenv does not handle temporary files
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securely.
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</p>
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</description>
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<impact type="normal">
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<p>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>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
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</workaround>
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<resolution>
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<p>All virtualenv users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
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<code>
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# emerge --sync
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-python/virtualenv-1.5.1"
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</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-4617">CVE-2011-4617</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata timestamp="2012-03-06T21:31:00Z" tag="requester">ackle</metadata>
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<metadata timestamp="2012-06-22T16:31:54Z" tag="submitter">ackle</metadata>
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</glsa>
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