gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/glsa-200707-08.xml

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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">

<glsa id="200707-08">
  <title>NVClock: Insecure file usage</title>
  <synopsis>
    A vulnerability has been discovered in NVClock, allowing for the execution
    of arbitrary code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">nvclock</product>
  <announced>July 24, 2007</announced>
  <revised>July 24, 2007: 01</revised>
  <bug>184071</bug>
  <access>local</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="media-video/nvclock" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">0.7-r2</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">0.7-r2</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    NVClock is an utility for changing NVidia graphic chipsets internal
    frequency.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    Tavis Ormandy of the Gentoo Linux Security Team discovered that NVClock
    makes usage of an insecure temporary file in the /tmp directory.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>
    A local attacker could create a specially crafted temporary file in
    /tmp to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running
    NVCLock.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>
    There is no known workaround at this time.
    </p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>
    All NVClock users should upgrade to the latest version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=media-video/nvclock-0.7-r2&quot;</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-3531">CVE-2007-3531</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Sun, 15 Jul 2007 09:48:09 +0000">
    jaervosz
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Tue, 17 Jul 2007 18:59:19 +0000">
    p-y
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Tue, 17 Jul 2007 18:59:32 +0000">
    p-y
  </metadata>
</glsa>