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  Severity: Normal
     Title: GNU shtool, ocaml-mysql: Insecure temporary file creation
      Date: June 11, 2005
      Bugs: #93782, #93784
        ID: 200506-08

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Synopsis
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GNU shtool and ocaml-mysql are vulnerable to symlink attacks,
potentially allowing a local user to overwrite arbitrary files.

Background
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GNU shtool is a compilation of small shell scripts into a single shell
tool. The ocaml-mysql package includes the GNU shtool code.

Affected packages
=================

    -------------------------------------------------------------------
     Package             /  Vulnerable  /                   Unaffected
    -------------------------------------------------------------------
  1  dev-util/shtool        < 2.0.1-r2                     >= 2.0.1-r2
  2  dev-ml/ocaml-mysql     < 1.0.3-r1                     >= 1.0.3-r1
    -------------------------------------------------------------------
     2 affected packages on all of their supported architectures.
    -------------------------------------------------------------------

Description
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Eric Romang has discovered that GNU shtool insecurely creates temporary
files with predictable filenames (CAN-2005-1751). On closer inspection,
Gentoo Security discovered that the shtool temporary file, once
created, was being reused insecurely (CAN-2005-1759).

Impact
======

A local attacker could create symbolic links in the temporary files
directory, pointing to a valid file somewhere on the filesystem. When a
GNU shtool script is executed, this would result in the file being
overwritten with the rights of the user running the script, which could
be the root user.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All GNU shtool users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-util/shtool-2.0.1-r2"

All ocaml-mysql users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
 ">=dev-ml/ocaml-mysql-1.0.3-r1"

References
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  [ 1 ] CAN-2005-1751
        http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-1751
  [ 2 ] CAN-2005-1759
        http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-1759

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

  http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200506-08.xml

Concerns?
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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
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Copyright 2005 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/2.0