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gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/glsa-200812-08.xml

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="200812-08">
<title>Mgetty: Insecure temporary file usage</title>
<synopsis>
Mgetty uses temporary files in an insecure manner, allowing for symlink
attacks.
</synopsis>
<product type="ebuild">mgetty</product>
<announced>December 06, 2008</announced>
<revised>December 23, 2008: 02</revised>
<bug>235806</bug>
<access>local</access>
<affected>
<package name="net-dialup/mgetty" auto="yes" arch="*">
<unaffected range="ge">1.1.36-r3</unaffected>
<vulnerable range="lt">1.1.36-r3</vulnerable>
</package>
</affected>
<background>
<p>
Mgetty is a set of fax and voice modem programs.
</p>
</background>
<description>
<p>
Dmitry E. Oboukhov reported that the "spooldir" directory in
fax/faxspool.in is created in an insecure manner.
</p>
</description>
<impact type="normal">
<p>
A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to overwrite
arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running the
application.
</p>
</impact>
<workaround>
<p>
There is no known workaround at this time.
</p>
</workaround>
<resolution>
<p>
All Mgetty users should upgrade to the latest version:
</p>
<code>
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=net-dialup/mgetty-1.1.36-r3&quot;</code>
</resolution>
<references>
<uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4936">CVE-2008-4936</uri>
</references>
<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:40:45 +0000">
keytoaster
</metadata>
<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:36:13 +0000">
p-y
</metadata>
<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:36:50 +0000">
p-y
</metadata>
</glsa>