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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="201310-17">
+ <title>pmake: Insecure temporary file usage</title>
+ <synopsis>pmake uses temporary files in an insecure manner, allowing for
+ symlink attacks.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">pmake</product>
+ <announced>2013-10-28</announced>
+ <revised count="2">2013-10-28</revised>
+ <bug>367891</bug>
+ <access>local</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="sys-devel/pmake" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">1.111.3.1</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">1.111.3.1</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>pmake is Debian’s version of NetBSD’s make, a tool to build programs
+ in parallel.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>/usr/share/mk/bsd.lib.mk and /usr/share/mk/bsd.prog.mk create temporary
+ files insecurely, with predictable names (/tmp/_depend[PID]), and
+ without using $TMPDIR.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="low">
+ <p>The make include files allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files
+ via a symlink attack.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>All pmake users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
+
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=sys-devel/pmake-1.111.3.1"
+ </code>
+
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-1920">CVE-2011-1920</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2011-10-08T22:19:21Z">craig</metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2013-10-28T11:31:35Z">craig</metadata>
+</glsa>