Unsichere Verwendung temporärer Dateien in aview
ID: | 200812-14 |
Distribution: | Gentoo |
Plattformen: | Keine Angabe |
Datum: | So, 14. Dezember 2008, 01:44 |
Referenzen: | http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4935 |
Applikationen: | aview |
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig65E0FB66765249CF5FB65EAD Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200812-14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: Normal Title: aview: Insecure temporary file usage Date: December 14, 2008 Bugs: #235808 ID: 200812-14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======== An insecure temporary file usage has been reported in aview, leading to symlink attacks. Background ========== aview is an ASCII image viewer and animation player. Affected packages ================= ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 media-gfx/aview < 1.3.0_rc1-r1 >=3D 1.3.0_rc1-r1 Description =========== Dmitry E. Oboukhov reported that aview uses the "/tmp/aview$$.pgm" file in an insecure manner when processing files. Impact ====== A local attacker could perform symlink attacks to overwrite arbitrary files on the system with the privileges of the user running the application. Workaround ========== There is no known workaround at this time. Resolution ========== All aview users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=3Dmedia-gfx/aview-1.3.0_rc1-r1"= References ========== [ 1 ] CVE-2008-4935 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=3DCVE-2008-4935 Availability ============ This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-14.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 2008 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 --------------enig65E0FB66765249CF5FB65EAD Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAklEVYkACgkQD/IBIJzjypFBuACfZIx3KR800Ltw+N40dpNeOQv3 iX4An29E0ThbNe96vogkfiyTe9p1+NX6 =wwly -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig65E0FB66765249CF5FB65EAD-- |