Re: CVE Request -- pmake -- Use of insecure temporary file for 'depend' target

[Josh Bressers <bressers () redhat com>]

Please use CVE-2011-1920

Thanks.

-- 
    JB

----- Original Message -----
> Hello Josh, Steve, vendors,
>
> it was found that pmake (BSD 4.4 version of make) used insecure
> temporary file for 'depend' target when building libraries (/usr/share
> /mk/bsd.lib.mk) and executables (/usr/share/mk/bsd.prog.mk). A local
> attacker could use this flaw to conduct symlink attacks possibly
> leading to their ability to replace content of arbitrary files,
> belonging to user running the pmake tool or ability to modify the
> integrity of .depend file in the home directory of the victim.
>
> References:
> [1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=626673
> [2] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=705090
>
> Could you allocate a CVE id for this?
>
> Thank you & Regards, Jan.
> --
> Jan iankko Lieskovsky / Red Hat Security Response Team