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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="200410-07">
+ <title>ed: Insecure temporary file handling</title>
+ <synopsis>
+ The ed utility is vulnerable to symlink attacks, potentially allowing a
+ local user to overwrite or change rights on arbitrary files with the rights
+ of the user running ed, which could be the root user.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">ed</product>
+ <announced>2004-10-09</announced>
+ <revised count="01">2004-10-09</revised>
+ <bug>66400</bug>
+ <access>local</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="sys-apps/ed" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">0.2-r4</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="le">0.2-r3</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>
+ ed is a line-oriented text editor, used to create or modify text files,
+ both interactively and via shell scripts.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>
+ ed insecurely creates temporary files in world-writeable directories with
+ predictable names. Given that ed is used in various system shell scripts,
+ they are by extension affected by the same vulnerability.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>
+ A local attacker could create symbolic links in the temporary files
+ directory, pointing to a valid file somewhere on the filesystem. When ed is
+ called, this would result in file access with the rights of the user
+ running the utility, which could be the root user.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>
+ There is no known workaround at this time.
+ </p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>
+ All ed users should upgrade to the latest version:
+ </p>
+ <code>
+ # emerge sync
+
+ # emerge -pv "&gt;=sys-apps/ed-0.2-r4"
+ # emerge "&gt;=sys-apps/ed-0.2-r4"</code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2000-1137">CVE-2000-1137</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2004-10-08T21:10:12Z">
+ koon
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2004-10-08T21:10:49Z">
+ koon
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2004-10-09T09:43:17Z">
+ koon
+ </metadata>
+</glsa>