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gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/glsa-201009-09.xml

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201009-09">
<title>fence: Multiple symlink vulnerabilities</title>
<synopsis>
fence contains multiple programs containing vulnerabilities that may allow
local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
</synopsis>
<product type="ebuild">fence</product>
<announced>September 29, 2010</announced>
<revised>September 29, 2010: 01</revised>
<bug>240576</bug>
<access>local</access>
<affected>
<package name="sys-cluster/fence" auto="yes" arch="*">
<vulnerable range="lt">2.03.09</vulnerable>
</package>
</affected>
<background>
<p>
fence is an I/O group fencing system.
</p>
</background>
<description>
<p>
The fence_apc, fence_apc_snmp (CVE-2008-4579) and fence_manual
(CVE-2008-4580) programs contain symlink vulnerabilities.
</p>
</description>
<impact type="normal">
<p>
These vulnerabilities may allow arbitrary files to be overwritten with
root privileges.
</p>
</impact>
<workaround>
<p>
There is no known workaround at this time.
</p>
</workaround>
<resolution>
<p>
Gentoo discontinued support for fence. All fence users should uninstall
and choose another software that provides the same functionality.
</p>
<code>
# emerge --unmerge sys-cluster/fence</code>
</resolution>
<references>
<uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4579">CVE-2008-4579</uri>
<uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4580">CVE-2008-4580</uri>
</references>
<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:03:13 +0000">
rbu
</metadata>
<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Sat, 10 Apr 2010 02:06:28 +0000">
craig
</metadata>
<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Mon, 31 May 2010 15:37:24 +0000">
a3li
</metadata>
</glsa>