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65 lines
1.9 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="200707-08">
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<title>NVClock: Insecure file usage</title>
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<synopsis>
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A vulnerability has been discovered in NVClock, allowing for the execution
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of arbitrary code.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">nvclock</product>
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<announced>2007-07-24</announced>
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<revised count="01">2007-07-24</revised>
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<bug>184071</bug>
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<access>local</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="media-video/nvclock" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">0.7-r2</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">0.7-r2</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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NVClock is an utility for changing NVidia graphic chipsets internal
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frequency.
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</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>
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Tavis Ormandy of the Gentoo Linux Security Team discovered that NVClock
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makes usage of an insecure temporary file in the /tmp directory.
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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 create a specially crafted temporary file in
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/tmp to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running
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NVCLock.
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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 NVClock 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 ">=media-video/nvclock-0.7-r2"</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-2007-3531">CVE-2007-3531</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2007-07-15T09:48:09Z">
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jaervosz
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2007-07-17T18:59:19Z">
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p-y
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2007-07-17T18:59:32Z">
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p-y
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</metadata>
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</glsa>
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