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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="200712-01">
+ <title>Hugin: Insecure temporary file creation</title>
+ <synopsis>
+ A vulnerability has been discovered in Hugin, potentially allowing for a
+ Denial of Service.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">hugin</product>
+ <announced>2007-12-05</announced>
+ <revised count="01">2007-12-05</revised>
+ <bug>195996</bug>
+ <access>local</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="media-gfx/hugin" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="rge">0.6.1-r1</unaffected>
+ <unaffected range="ge">0.7_beta4-r1</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">0.7_beta4-r1</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>
+ Hugin is a GUI for creating and processing panoramic images.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>
+ Suse Linux reported that Hugin creates the
+ "hugin_debug_optim_results.txt" temporary file in an insecure manner.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>
+ A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability with a symlink
+ attack, potentially overwriting an arbitrary file with the privileges
+ of the user running the application.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>
+ There is no known workaround at this time.
+ </p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>
+ All Hugin users should upgrade to the latest version:
+ </p>
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=media-gfx/hugin-0.6.1-r1"</code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5200">CVE-2007-5200</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2007-11-17T23:47:03Z">
+ p-y
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2007-11-17T23:47:10Z">
+ p-y
+ </metadata>
+</glsa>