gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/glsa-200710-05.xml

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

<glsa id="200710-05">
  <title>QGit: Insecure temporary file creation</title>
  <synopsis>
    A vulnerability has been discovered in QGit allowing local users to
    overwrite arbitrary files and execute arbitrary code with another user's
    rights.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">qgit</product>
  <announced>October 07, 2007</announced>
  <revised>October 07, 2007: 01</revised>
  <bug>190697</bug>
  <access>local</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="dev-util/qgit" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">1.5.7</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">1.5.7</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    QGit is a graphical interface to git repositories that allows you to
    browse revisions history, view patch content and changed files.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    Raphael Marichez discovered that the DataLoader::doStart() method
    creates temporary files in an insecure manner and executes them.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>
    A local attacker could perform a symlink attack, possibly overwriting
    files or executing arbitrary code with the rights of the user running
    QGit.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>
    There is no known workaround at this time.
    </p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>
    All QGit users should upgrade to the latest version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=dev-util/qgit-1.5.7&quot;</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2007-4631">CVE-2007-4631</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Mon, 24 Sep 2007 08:55:56 +0000">
    p-y
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Mon, 24 Sep 2007 08:56:46 +0000">
    p-y
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Sun, 07 Oct 2007 18:55:10 +0000">
    rbu
  </metadata>
</glsa>