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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="201201-11">
+ <title>Firewall Builder: Privilege escalation</title>
+ <synopsis>Insecure temporary file usage in Firewall Builder could allow
+ attackers to overwrite arbitrary files.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">fwbuilder</product>
+ <announced>2012-01-23</announced>
+ <revised count="1">2012-01-23</revised>
+ <bug>235809</bug>
+ <bug>285861</bug>
+ <access>local</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="net-firewall/fwbuilder" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">3.0.7</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">3.0.7</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>Firewall Builder is a GUI for easy management of multiple firewall
+ platforms.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>Two vulnerabilities in Firewall Builder allow the iptables and
+ fwb_install scripts to use temporary files insecurely.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>A local attacker could possibly overwrite arbitrary files with the
+ privileges of the user running Firewall Builder.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>All Firewall Builder users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
+
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=net-firewall/fwbuilder-3.0.7"
+ </code>
+
+ <p>NOTE: This is a legacy GLSA. Updates for all affected architectures are
+ available since March 09, 2010. It is likely that your system is already
+ no longer affected by this issue.
+ </p>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2008-4956">CVE-2008-4956</uri>
+ <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-4664">CVE-2009-4664</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata timestamp="2011-10-07T23:37:46Z" tag="requester">craig</metadata>
+ <metadata timestamp="2012-01-23T19:53:36Z" tag="submitter">ackle</metadata>
+</glsa>