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[ GLSA 200712-07 ] Lookup: Insecure temporary file creation
From: Pierre-Yves Rofes <py () gentoo org>
Date: Sun, 09 Dec 2007 22:42:45 +0100
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200712-07 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: Normal Title: Lookup: Insecure temporary file creation Date: December 09, 2007 Bugs: #197306 ID: 200712-07 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======== Lookup uses temporary files in an insecure manner, allowing for a symlink attack. Background ========== Lookup is a search interface to books and dictionnaries for Emacs. Affected packages ================= ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-emacs/lookup < 1.4.1 >= 1.4.1 Description =========== Tatsuya Kinoshita reported that the ndeb-binary function does not handle temporay files correctly. Impact ====== A local attacker could use a symlink attack to overwrite files with the privileges of the user running Lookup. Workaround ========== There is no known workaround at this time. Resolution ========== All Lookup users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emacs/lookup-1.4.1" References ========== [ 1 ] CVE-2007-0237 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-0237 Availability ============ This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-07.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 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHXGFVuhJ+ozIKI5gRAgmrAJ9/X6JXfAXIox4/mjtd8Ua2iP53RACdHIcO mnpMB3GPlq7SfNtWAkqZPlQ= =+46t -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
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