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From: Pierre-Yves Rofes <py@g.o>
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Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 200712-01 ] Hugin: Insecure temporary file creation
Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2007 22:35:20
Message-Id: 4757249E.1060407@gentoo.org
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10 Severity: Normal
11 Title: Hugin: Insecure temporary file creation
12 Date: December 05, 2007
13 Bugs: #195996
14 ID: 200712-01
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18 Synopsis
19 ========
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21 A vulnerability has been discovered in Hugin, potentially allowing for
22 a Denial of Service.
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24 Background
25 ==========
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27 Hugin is a GUI for creating and processing panoramic images.
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29 Affected packages
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33 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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35 1 media-gfx/hugin < 0.7_beta4-r1 *>= 0.6.1-r1
36 >= 0.7_beta4-r1
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38 Description
39 ===========
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41 Suse Linux reported that Hugin creates the
42 "hugin_debug_optim_results.txt" temporary file in an insecure manner.
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44 Impact
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47 A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability with a symlink
48 attack, potentially overwriting an arbitrary file with the privileges
49 of the user running the application.
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51 Workaround
52 ==========
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54 There is no known workaround at this time.
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56 Resolution
57 ==========
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59 All Hugin users should upgrade to the latest version:
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61 # emerge --sync
62 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-gfx/hugin-0.6.1-r1"
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64 References
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67 [ 1 ] CVE-2007-5200
68 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5200
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70 Availability
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73 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
74 the Gentoo Security Website:
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76 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-01.xml
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78 Concerns?
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81 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
82 confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
83 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
84 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
85 http://bugs.gentoo.org.
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87 License
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90 Copyright 2007 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
91 belongs to its owner(s).
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93 The contents of this document are licensed under the
94 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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96 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
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