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66 lines
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
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<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
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<glsa id="200909-09">
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<title>Screenie: Insecure temporary file usage</title>
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<synopsis>
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An insecure temporary file usage has been reported in Screenie, allowing
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for symlink attacks.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">screenie</product>
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<announced>September 09, 2009</announced>
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<revised>September 09, 2009: 01</revised>
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<bug>250476</bug>
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<access>local</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="app-misc/screenie" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">1.30.0-r1</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">1.30.0-r1</vulnerable>
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</package>
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</affected>
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<background>
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<p>
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Screenie is a small screen frontend that is designed to be a session
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handler.
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</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>
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Dmitry E. Oboukhov reported that Screenie does not handle
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"/tmp/.screenie.#####" temporary files securely.
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</p>
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</description>
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<impact type="normal">
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<p>
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A local attacker could perform symlink attacks to overwrite arbitrary
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files with the privileges of the user running the application.
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</p>
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</impact>
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<workaround>
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<p>
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There is no known workaround at this time.
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</p>
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</workaround>
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<resolution>
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<p>
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All Screenie users should upgrade to the latest version:
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</p>
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<code>
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# emerge --sync
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-misc/screenie-1.30.0-r1"</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5371">CVE-2008-5371</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Fri, 12 Jun 2009 22:09:23 +0000">
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craig
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Fri, 28 Aug 2009 07:52:34 +0000">
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a3li
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Mon, 31 Aug 2009 03:37:54 +0000">
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a3li
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</metadata>
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</glsa>
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