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falco 07/09/18 21:27:45 |
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Added: glsa-200709-04.xml |
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GLSA 200709-04 |
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Revision Changes Path |
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1.1 xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200709-04.xml |
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file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200709-04.xml?rev=1.1&view=markup |
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plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200709-04.xml?rev=1.1&content-type=text/plain |
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Index: glsa-200709-04.xml |
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=================================================================== |
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> |
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<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> |
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<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> |
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> |
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<glsa id="200709-04"> |
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<title>po4a: Insecure temporary file creation</title> |
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<synopsis> |
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A vulnerability has been discovered in po4a, allowing for a symlink attack. |
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</synopsis> |
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<product type="ebuild">po4a</product> |
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<announced>September 13, 2007</announced> |
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<revised>September 13, 2007: 01</revised> |
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<bug>189440</bug> |
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<access>local</access> |
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<affected> |
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<package name="app-text/po4a" auto="yes" arch="*"> |
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<unaffected range="ge">0.32-r1</unaffected> |
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<vulnerable range="lt">0.32-r1</vulnerable> |
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</package> |
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</affected> |
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<background> |
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<p> |
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po4a is a set of tools for helping with the translation of |
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documentation. |
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</p> |
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</background> |
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<description> |
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<p> |
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The po4a development team reported a race condition in the gettextize() |
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function when creating the file "/tmp/gettextization.failed.po". |
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</p> |
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</description> |
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<impact type="normal"> |
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<p> |
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A local attacker could perform a symlink attack, possibly overwriting |
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files with the permissions of the user running po4a. |
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</p> |
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</impact> |
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<workaround> |
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<p> |
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There is no known workaround at this time. |
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</p> |
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</workaround> |
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<resolution> |
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<p> |
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All po4a users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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</p> |
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<code> |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/po4a-0.32-r1"</code> |
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</resolution> |
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<references> |
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<uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-4462">CVE-2007-4462</uri> |
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</references> |
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Tue, 28 Aug 2007 20:28:00 +0000"> |
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jaervosz |
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</metadata> |
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<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Tue, 28 Aug 2007 20:28:12 +0000"> |
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jaervosz |
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</metadata> |
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Sat, 08 Sep 2007 16:20:41 +0000"> |
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p-y |
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</metadata> |
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</glsa> |
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