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gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/glsa-200510-01.xml

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="200510-01">
<title>gtkdiskfree: Insecure temporary file creation</title>
<synopsis>
gtkdiskfree is vulnerable to symlink attacks, potentially allowing a local
user to overwrite arbitrary files.
</synopsis>
<product type="ebuild">gtkdiskfree</product>
<announced>October 03, 2005</announced>
<revised>October 03, 2005: 01</revised>
<bug>104565</bug>
<access>local</access>
<affected>
<package name="app-admin/gtkdiskfree" auto="yes" arch="*">
<unaffected range="ge">1.9.3-r1</unaffected>
<vulnerable range="lt">1.9.3-r1</vulnerable>
</package>
</affected>
<background>
<p>
gtkdiskfree is a GTK-based GUI to show free disk space.
</p>
</background>
<description>
<p>
Eric Romang discovered that gtkdiskfree insecurely creates a
predictable temporary file to handle command output.
</p>
</description>
<impact type="normal">
<p>
A local attacker could create a symbolic link in the temporary
files directory, pointing to a valid file somewhere on the filesystem.
When gtkdiskfree is executed, this would result in the file being
overwritten with the rights of the user running the application.
</p>
</impact>
<workaround>
<p>
There is no known workaround at this time.
</p>
</workaround>
<resolution>
<p>
All gtkdiskfree users should upgrade to the latest version:
</p>
<code>
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=app-admin/gtkdiskfree-1.9.3-r1&quot;</code>
</resolution>
<references>
<uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-2918">CAN-2005-2918</uri>
<uri link="http://www.zataz.net/adviso/gtkdiskfree-09052005.txt">Original Advisory</uri>
</references>
<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Mon, 03 Oct 2005 07:42:10 +0000">
koon
</metadata>
<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Mon, 03 Oct 2005 07:42:18 +0000">
koon
</metadata>
</glsa>