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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200712-07 |
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Severity: Normal |
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Title: Lookup: Insecure temporary file creation |
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Date: December 09, 2007 |
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Bugs: #197306 |
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ID: 200712-07 |
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Synopsis |
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Lookup uses temporary files in an insecure manner, allowing for a |
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symlink attack. |
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Background |
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Lookup is a search interface to books and dictionnaries for Emacs. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 app-emacs/lookup < 1.4.1 >= 1.4.1 |
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Description |
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Tatsuya Kinoshita reported that the ndeb-binary function does not |
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handle temporay files correctly. |
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Impact |
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A local attacker could use a symlink attack to overwrite files with the |
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privileges of the user running Lookup. |
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Workaround |
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There is no known workaround at this time. |
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Resolution |
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All Lookup users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emacs/lookup-1.4.1" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] CVE-2007-0237 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-0237 |
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Availability |
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
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the Gentoo Security Website: |
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-07.xml |
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Concerns? |
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
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confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost |
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importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
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security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org. |
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License |
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Copyright 2007 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
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belongs to its owner(s). |
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The contents of this document are licensed under the |
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Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 |
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