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GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT |
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PACKAGE :scrollkeeper |
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SUMMARY :insecure temporary file creation |
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DATE :2002-09-04 10:30 UTC |
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OVERVIEW |
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The scrollkeeper-get-cl program |
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creates temporary files in an insecure manner in /tmp using guessable |
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filenames. |
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DETAIL |
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The scrollkeeper-get-cl program creates temporary files in an insecure |
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manner in /tmp using guessable filenames. |
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Since scrollkeeper is called automatically when a user logs into a Gnome |
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session, an attacker with local access can easily create and overwrite |
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files as another user. |
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More information can be found at: |
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http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/290090/2002-09-01/2002-09-07/0 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2002-0662 |
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SOLUTION |
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It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running |
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app-text/scrollkeeper-0.3.11 and earlier update their systems |
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as follows: |
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emerge rsync |
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emerge scrollkeeper |
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emerge clean |
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