gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/glsa-200909-11.xml

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="200909-11">
<title>GCC-XML: Insecure temporary file usage</title>
<synopsis>
An insecure temporary file usage has been reported in GCC-XML allowing for
symlink attacks.
</synopsis>
<product type="ebuild">gccxml</product>
<announced>2009-09-09</announced>
<revised count="01">2009-09-09</revised>
<bug>245765</bug>
<access>local</access>
<affected>
<package name="dev-cpp/gccxml" auto="yes" arch="*">
<unaffected range="ge">0.9.0_pre20090516</unaffected>
<vulnerable range="lt">0.9.0_pre20090516</vulnerable>
</package>
</affected>
<background>
<p>
GCC-XML is an XML output extension to the C++ front-end of GCC.
</p>
</background>
<description>
<p>
Dmitry E. Oboukhov reported that find_flags in GCC-XML does not handle
"/tmp/*.cxx" temporary files securely.
</p>
</description>
<impact type="normal">
<p>
A local attacker could perform symlink attacks to overwrite arbitrary
files with the privileges of the user running the application.
</p>
</impact>
<workaround>
<p>
There is no known workaround at this time.
</p>
</workaround>
<resolution>
<p>
All GCC-XML users should upgrade to the latest version:
</p>
<code>
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=dev-cpp/gccxml-0.9.0_pre20090516"</code>
</resolution>
<references>
<uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4957">CVE-2008-4957</uri>
</references>
<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2009-05-25T20:39:27Z">
rbu
</metadata>
<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2009-08-28T08:04:45Z">
a3li
</metadata>
<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2009-08-31T03:38:17Z">
a3li
</metadata>
</glsa>