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[ GLSA 200709-04 ] po4a: Insecure temporary file creation
From: Raphael Marichez <falco () gentoo org>
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 22:18:36 +0200
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200709-04 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: Normal Title: po4a: Insecure temporary file creation Date: September 13, 2007 Bugs: #189440 ID: 200709-04 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======== A vulnerability has been discovered in po4a, allowing for a symlink attack. Background ========== po4a is a set of tools for helping with the translation of documentation. Affected packages ================= ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-text/po4a < 0.32-r1 >= 0.32-r1 Description =========== The po4a development team reported a race condition in the gettextize() function when creating the file "/tmp/gettextization.failed.po". Impact ====== A local attacker could perform a symlink attack, possibly overwriting files with the permissions of the user running po4a. Workaround ========== There is no known workaround at this time. Resolution ========== All po4a users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/po4a-0.32-r1" References ========== [ 1 ] CVE-2007-4462 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-4462 Availability ============ This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200709-04.xml Concerns? ========= Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security () gentoo org or alternatively, you may file a bug at http://bugs.gentoo.org. License ======= Copyright 2007 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s). The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
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