gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/glsa-200602-14.xml

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="200602-14">
<title>noweb: Insecure temporary file creation</title>
<synopsis>
noweb is vulnerable to symlink attacks, potentially allowing a local user
to overwrite arbitrary files.
</synopsis>
<product type="ebuild">noweb</product>
<announced>2006-02-26</announced>
<revised count="01">2006-02-26</revised>
<bug>122705</bug>
<access>local</access>
<affected>
<package name="app-text/noweb" auto="yes" arch="*">
<unaffected range="ge">2.9-r5</unaffected>
<vulnerable range="lt">2.9-r5</vulnerable>
</package>
</affected>
<background>
<p>
noweb is a simple, extensible, and language independent literate
programming tool.
</p>
</background>
<description>
<p>
Javier Fernandez-Sanguino has discovered that the lib/toascii.nw
and shell/roff.mm scripts insecurely create temporary files with
predictable filenames.
</p>
</description>
<impact type="normal">
<p>
A local attacker could create symbolic links in the temporary file
directory, pointing to a valid file somewhere on the filesystem. When
an affected script is called, this would result in the file being
overwritten with the rights of the user running the script.
</p>
</impact>
<workaround>
<p>
There is no known workaround at this time.
</p>
</workaround>
<resolution>
<p>
All noweb users should upgrade to the latest version:
</p>
<code>
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=app-text/noweb-2.9-r5"</code>
</resolution>
<references>
<uri link="https://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-3342">CVE-2005-3342</uri>
</references>
<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2006-02-23T20:08:48Z">
DerCorny
</metadata>
<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2006-02-23T20:09:04Z">
DerCorny
</metadata>
<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2006-02-24T14:44:04Z">
formula7
</metadata>
</glsa>