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1.9 KiB
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="200801-03">
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<title>Claws Mail: Insecure temporary file creation</title>
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<synopsis>
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Claws Mail uses temporary files in an insecure manner, allowing for a
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symlink attack.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">claws-mail</product>
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<announced>2008-01-09</announced>
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<revised count="01">2008-01-09</revised>
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<bug>201244</bug>
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<access>local</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="mail-client/claws-mail" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">3.0.2-r1</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">3.0.2-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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Claws Mail is a GTK based e-mail client.
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</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>
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Nico Golde from Debian reported that the sylprint.pl script that is
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part of the Claws Mail tools creates temporary files in an insecure
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manner.
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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 exploit this vulnerability to conduct symlink
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attacks to overwrite files with the privileges of the user running
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Claws Mail.
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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 Claws Mail 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 ">=mail-client/claws-mail-3.0.2-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-2007-6208">CVE-2007-6208</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2008-01-06T23:01:06Z">
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rbu
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2008-01-08T23:07:07Z">
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p-y
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2008-01-08T23:07:18Z">
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p-y
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</metadata>
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</glsa>
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