62 lines
1.8 KiB
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62 lines
1.8 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="200909-10">
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<title>LMBench: Insecure temporary file usage</title>
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<synopsis>
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Multiple insecure temporary file usage issues have been reported in
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LMBench, allowing for symlink attacks.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">lmbench</product>
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<announced>2009-09-09</announced>
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<revised count="01">2009-09-09</revised>
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<bug>246015</bug>
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<access>local</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="app-benchmarks/lmbench" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<vulnerable range="le">3</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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LMBench is a suite of simple, portable benchmarks for UNIX platforms.
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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 rccs and STUFF scripts do not
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handle "/tmp/sdiff.#####" temporary files securely. NOTE: There might
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be further occurances of insecure temporary file usage.
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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 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>
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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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LMBench has been removed from Portage. We recommend that users unmerge
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LMBench:
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</p>
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<code>
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# emerge --unmerge app-benchmarks/lmbench</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-2008-4968">CVE-2008-4968</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2009-07-10T10:54:15Z">
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rbu
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2009-08-28T07:58:27Z">
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a3li
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2009-08-31T03:38:05Z">
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a3li
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</metadata>
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</glsa>
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