63 lines
1.8 KiB
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63 lines
1.8 KiB
XML
<?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="200812-08">
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<title>Mgetty: Insecure temporary file usage</title>
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<synopsis>
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Mgetty uses temporary files in an insecure manner, allowing for symlink
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attacks.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">mgetty</product>
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<announced>2008-12-06</announced>
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<revised count="02">2008-12-23</revised>
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<bug>235806</bug>
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<access>local</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="net-dialup/mgetty" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">1.1.36-r3</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">1.1.36-r3</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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Mgetty is a set of fax and voice modem programs.
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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 that the "spooldir" directory in
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fax/faxspool.in is created in an insecure 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 overwrite
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arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running the
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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 Mgetty 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 ">=net-dialup/mgetty-1.1.36-r3"</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-2008-4936">CVE-2008-4936</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2008-09-22T12:40:45Z">
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keytoaster
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2008-09-23T11:36:13Z">
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p-y
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2008-09-23T11:36:50Z">
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p-y
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</metadata>
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</glsa>
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