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65 lines
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
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<glsa id="200404-08">
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<title>GNU Automake symbolic link vulnerability</title>
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<synopsis>
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Automake may be vulnerable to a symbolic link attack which may allow an
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attacker to modify data or elevate their privileges.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">automake</product>
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<announced>2004-04-08</announced>
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<revised count="05">2005-01-31</revised>
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<bug>45646</bug>
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<access>local</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="sys-devel/automake" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">1.8.5-r3</unaffected>
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<unaffected range="rge">1.7.9-r1</unaffected>
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<unaffected range="lt">1.7</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="le">1.8.5-r2</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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Automake is a tool for automatically generating `Makefile.in' files
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which is often used in conjuction with Autoconf and other GNU Autotools
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to ease portability among applications. It also provides a standardized
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and light way of writing complex Makefiles through the use of many
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built-in macros.
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</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>
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Automake may be vulnerable to a symbolic link attack which may allow an
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attacker to modify data or escalate their privileges. This is due to
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the insecure way Automake creates directories during compilation. An
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attacker may be able to create symbolic links in the place of files
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contained in the affected directories, which may potentially lead to
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elevated privileges due to modification of data.
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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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An attacker may be able to use this vulnerability to modify data in an
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unauthorized fashion or elevate their privileges.
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</p>
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</impact>
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<workaround>
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<p>
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A workaround is not currently known for this issue. All users are
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advised to upgrade to the latest version of the affected package.
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</p>
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</workaround>
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<resolution>
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<p>
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Automake users should upgrade to the latest versions:
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</p>
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<code>
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# emerge --sync
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose sys-devel/automake</code>
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</resolution>
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<references/>
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<metadata tag="submitter">
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klieber
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</metadata>
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</glsa>
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