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diff --git a/glsa-200412-05.xml b/glsa-200412-05.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..e1d3e27f --- /dev/null +++ b/glsa-200412-05.xml @@ -0,0 +1,65 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> + +<glsa id="200412-05"> + <title>mirrorselect: Insecure temporary file creation</title> + <synopsis> + mirrorselect is vulnerable to symlink attacks, potentially allowing a local + user to overwrite arbitrary files. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">mirrorselect</product> + <announced>December 07, 2004</announced> + <revised>May 22, 2006: 04</revised> + <bug>73545</bug> + <access>local</access> + <affected> + <package name="app-portage/mirrorselect" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">0.89</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">0.89</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + mirrorselect is a tool to help select distfiles mirrors for Gentoo. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + Ervin Nemeth discovered that mirrorselect creates temporary files in + world-writable directories with predictable names. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p> + A local attacker could create symbolic links in the temporary files + directory, pointing to a valid file somewhere on the filesystem. When + mirrorselect is executed, this would result in the file being + overwritten with the rights of the user running the utility, which + could be the root user. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + There is no known workaround at this time. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All mirrorselect users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-portage/mirrorselect-0.89"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-1167">CVE-2004-1167</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Mon, 6 Dec 2004 21:43:32 +0000"> + lewk + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Mon, 6 Dec 2004 21:51:32 +0000"> + lewk + </metadata> +</glsa> |