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63 lines
1.9 KiB
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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="200901-14">
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<title>Scilab: Insecure temporary file usage</title>
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<synopsis>
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An insecure temporary file usage has been reported in Scilab, allowing for
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symlink attacks.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">scilab</product>
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<announced>January 21, 2009</announced>
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<revised>January 21, 2009: 01</revised>
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<bug>245922</bug>
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<access>local</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="sci-mathematics/scilab" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">4.1.2-r1</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">4.1.2-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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Scilab is a scientific software package for numerical computations.
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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 an insecure temporary file usage within the
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scilink, scidoc and scidem scripts.
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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 Scilab 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 ">=sci-mathematics/scilab-4.1.2-r1"</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4983">CVE-2008-4983</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:29:36 +0000">
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rbu
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:21:32 +0000">
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p-y
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:21:45 +0000">
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p-y
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</metadata>
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</glsa>
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