1 |
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
2 |
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200808-11 |
3 |
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
4 |
http://security.gentoo.org/ |
5 |
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
6 |
|
7 |
Severity: Normal |
8 |
Title: UUDeview: Insecure temporary file creation |
9 |
Date: August 11, 2008 |
10 |
Bugs: #222275, #224193 |
11 |
ID: 200808-11 |
12 |
|
13 |
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
14 |
|
15 |
Synopsis |
16 |
======== |
17 |
|
18 |
A vulnerability in UUDeview may allow local attackers to conduct |
19 |
symlink attacks. |
20 |
|
21 |
Background |
22 |
========== |
23 |
|
24 |
UUdeview is encoder and decoder supporting various binary formats. |
25 |
NZBGet is a command-line based binary newsgrabber supporting .nzb |
26 |
files. |
27 |
|
28 |
Affected packages |
29 |
================= |
30 |
|
31 |
------------------------------------------------------------------- |
32 |
Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
33 |
------------------------------------------------------------------- |
34 |
1 app-text/uudeview < 0.5.20-r1 >= 0.5.20-r1 |
35 |
2 news-nntp/nzbget < 0.4.0 >= 0.4.0 |
36 |
------------------------------------------------------------------- |
37 |
2 affected packages on all of their supported architectures. |
38 |
------------------------------------------------------------------- |
39 |
|
40 |
Description |
41 |
=========== |
42 |
|
43 |
UUdeview makes insecure usage of the tempnam() function when creating |
44 |
temporary files. NZBGet includes a copy of the vulnerable code. |
45 |
|
46 |
Impact |
47 |
====== |
48 |
|
49 |
A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to overwrite |
50 |
arbitrary files on the system. |
51 |
|
52 |
Workaround |
53 |
========== |
54 |
|
55 |
There is no known workaround at this time. |
56 |
|
57 |
Resolution |
58 |
========== |
59 |
|
60 |
All UUDview users should upgrade to the latest version: |
61 |
|
62 |
# emerge --sync |
63 |
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/uudeview-0.5.20-r1" |
64 |
|
65 |
All NZBget users should upgrade to the latest version: |
66 |
|
67 |
# emerge --sync |
68 |
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=news-nntp/nzbget-0.4.0" |
69 |
|
70 |
References |
71 |
========== |
72 |
|
73 |
[ 1 ] CVE-2008-2266 |
74 |
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2266 |
75 |
|
76 |
Availability |
77 |
============ |
78 |
|
79 |
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
80 |
the Gentoo Security Website: |
81 |
|
82 |
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-11.xml |
83 |
|
84 |
Concerns? |
85 |
========= |
86 |
|
87 |
Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
88 |
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost |
89 |
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
90 |
security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
91 |
http://bugs.gentoo.org. |
92 |
|
93 |
License |
94 |
======= |
95 |
|
96 |
Copyright 2008 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
97 |
belongs to its owner(s). |
98 |
|
99 |
The contents of this document are licensed under the |
100 |
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
101 |
|
102 |
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 |