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55 lines
1.8 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="201208-05">
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<title>Perl Config-IniFiles Module: Insecure temporary file usage</title>
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<synopsis>An insecure temporary file usage has been reported in the Perl
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Config-IniFiles module, possibly allowing symlink attacks.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">Config-IniFiles</product>
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<announced>2012-08-14</announced>
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<revised count="1">2012-08-14</revised>
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<bug>414485</bug>
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<access>local</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="dev-perl/Config-IniFiles" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">2.710.0</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">2.710.0</vulnerable>
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</package>
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</affected>
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<background>
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<p>Config-IniFiles is a Perl module for reading .ini-style configuration
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files.
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</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>The Perl Config-IniFiles module uses predicatable temporary file names.</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 users of the Perl Config-IniFiles module should upgrade to the
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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
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">=dev-perl/Config-IniFiles-2.710.0"
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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-2012-2451">CVE-2012-2451</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata timestamp="2012-05-23T02:55:46Z" tag="requester">
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underling
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</metadata>
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<metadata timestamp="2012-08-14T20:31:06Z" tag="submitter">ackle</metadata>
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</glsa>
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