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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="200410-19">
+ <title>glibc: Insecure tempfile handling in catchsegv script</title>
+ <synopsis>
+ The catchsegv script in the glibc package is vulnerable to symlink attacks,
+ potentially allowing a local user to overwrite arbitrary files with the
+ rights of the user running the script.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">glibc</product>
+ <announced>2004-10-21</announced>
+ <revised count="01">2004-10-21</revised>
+ <bug>66358</bug>
+ <access>local</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="sys-libs/glibc" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="rge">2.2.5-r9</unaffected>
+ <unaffected range="rge">2.3.2-r12</unaffected>
+ <unaffected range="rge">2.3.3.20040420-r2</unaffected>
+ <unaffected range="rge">2.3.4.20040619-r2</unaffected>
+ <unaffected range="ge">2.3.4.20040808-r1</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="le">2.3.4.20040808</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>
+ glibc is a package that contains the GNU C library.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>
+ The catchsegv script creates temporary files in world-writeable directories
+ with predictable names.
+ </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
+ catchsegv script is called, this would result in the file being overwritten
+ 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 glibc users should upgrade to the latest version:
+ </p>
+ <code>
+ # emerge sync
+
+ # emerge -pv sys-libs/glibc
+ # emerge sys-libs/glibc</code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0968">CAN-2004-0968</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2004-10-20T14:29:16Z">
+ koon
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2004-10-20T14:29:39Z">
+ koon
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2004-10-20T16:11:58Z">
+ lewk
+ </metadata>
+</glsa>