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1.9 KiB
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64 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="200804-09">
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<title>am-utils: Insecure temporary file creation</title>
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<synopsis>
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am-utils creates temporary files insecurely allowing local users to
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overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">am-utils</product>
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<announced>April 10, 2008</announced>
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<revised>April 10, 2008: 01</revised>
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<bug>210158</bug>
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<access>local</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="net-fs/am-utils" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">6.1.5</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">6.1.5</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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am-utils is a collection of utilities for use with the Berkeley
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Automounter.
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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 discovered that, when creating temporary files, the
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'expn' utility does not check whether the file already exists.
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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 the vulnerability via a symlink attack
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to overwrite arbitrary files.
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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 am-utils 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-fs/am-utils-6.1.5"</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-2008-1078">CVE-2008-1078</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Tue, 08 Apr 2008 21:38:37 +0000">
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p-y
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:22:28 +0000">
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mfleming
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:21:27 +0000">
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vorlon
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</metadata>
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</glsa>
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