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diff --git a/metadata/glsa/glsa-200411-13.xml b/metadata/glsa/glsa-200411-13.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..2c5d7845bcc2 --- /dev/null +++ b/metadata/glsa/glsa-200411-13.xml @@ -0,0 +1,82 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> +<glsa id="200411-13"> + <title>Portage, Gentoolkit: Temporary file vulnerabilities</title> + <synopsis> + dispatch-conf (included in Portage) and qpkg (included in Gentoolkit) are + 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">portage gentoolkit</product> + <announced>2004-11-07</announced> + <revised count="02">2006-05-22</revised> + <bug>68846</bug> + <bug>69147</bug> + <access>local</access> + <affected> + <package name="sys-apps/portage" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">2.0.51-r3</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="le">2.0.51-r2</vulnerable> + </package> + <package name="app-portage/gentoolkit" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">0.2.0_pre10-r1</unaffected> + <unaffected range="rge">0.2.0_pre8-r1</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="le">0.2.0_pre10</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + Portage is Gentoo's package management tool. The dispatch-conf utility + allows for easy rollback of configuration file changes and automatic + updates of configurations files never modified by users. Gentoolkit is + a collection of Gentoo specific administration scripts, one of which is + the portage querying tool qpkg. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + dispatch-conf and qpkg use predictable filenames for temporary files. + </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 + an affected script is called, this would result in the file to be + overwritten with the rights of the user running the dispatch-conf or + qpkg, which could be the root user. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + There is no known workaround at this time. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All Portage users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-apps/portage-2.0.51-r3"</code> + <p> + All Gentoolkit users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-portage/gentoolkit-0.2.0_pre8-r1"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-1107">CVE-2004-1107</uri> + <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-1108">CVE-2004-1108</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2004-11-02T14:02:06Z"> + koon + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2004-11-02T17:41:31Z"> + jaervosz + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2004-11-07T11:16:08Z"> + jaervosz + </metadata> +</glsa> |