62 lines
1.8 KiB
XML
62 lines
1.8 KiB
XML
<?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="200909-11">
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<title>GCC-XML: Insecure temporary file usage</title>
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<synopsis>
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An insecure temporary file usage has been reported in GCC-XML allowing for
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symlink attacks.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">gccxml</product>
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<announced>2009-09-09</announced>
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<revised count="01">2009-09-09</revised>
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<bug>245765</bug>
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<access>local</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="dev-cpp/gccxml" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">0.9.0_pre20090516</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">0.9.0_pre20090516</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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GCC-XML is an XML output extension to the C++ front-end of GCC.
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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 find_flags in GCC-XML does not handle
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"/tmp/*.cxx" 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 GCC-XML 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 ">=dev-cpp/gccxml-0.9.0_pre20090516"</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4957">CVE-2008-4957</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2009-05-25T20:39:27Z">
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rbu
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2009-08-28T08:04:45Z">
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a3li
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2009-08-31T03:38:17Z">
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a3li
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</metadata>
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</glsa>
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