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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="200707-08">
+ <title>NVClock: Insecure file usage</title>
+ <synopsis>
+ A vulnerability has been discovered in NVClock, allowing for the execution
+ of arbitrary code.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">nvclock</product>
+ <announced>2007-07-24</announced>
+ <revised count="01">2007-07-24</revised>
+ <bug>184071</bug>
+ <access>local</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="media-video/nvclock" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">0.7-r2</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">0.7-r2</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>
+ NVClock is an utility for changing NVidia graphic chipsets internal
+ frequency.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>
+ Tavis Ormandy of the Gentoo Linux Security Team discovered that NVClock
+ makes usage of an insecure temporary file in the /tmp directory.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>
+ A local attacker could create a specially crafted temporary file in
+ /tmp to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running
+ NVCLock.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>
+ There is no known workaround at this time.
+ </p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>
+ All NVClock users should upgrade to the latest version:
+ </p>
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=media-video/nvclock-0.7-r2"</code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-3531">CVE-2007-3531</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2007-07-15T09:48:09Z">
+ jaervosz
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2007-07-17T18:59:19Z">
+ p-y
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2007-07-17T18:59:32Z">
+ p-y
+ </metadata>
+</glsa>