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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200410-10 |
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Severity: Low |
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Title: gettext: Insecure temporary file handling |
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Date: October 10, 2004 |
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Bugs: #66355 |
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ID: 200410-10 |
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Synopsis |
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The gettext utility is vulnerable to symlink attacks, potentially |
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allowing a local user to overwrite or change permissions on arbitrary |
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files with the rights of the user running gettext, which could be the |
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root user. |
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Background |
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gettext is a set of utilities for the GNU Translation Project which |
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provides a set of tools and documentation to help produce multi-lingual |
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messages in programs. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 sys-devel/gettext < 0.12.1-r2 >= 0.12.1-r2 |
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Description |
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gettext insecurely creates temporary files in world-writeable |
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directories with predictable names. |
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Impact |
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A local attacker could create symbolic links in the temporary files |
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directory, pointing to a valid file somewhere on the filesystem. When |
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gettext is called, this would result in file access with the rights of |
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the user running the utility, which could be the root user. |
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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 gettext users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge sync |
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# emerge -pv ">=sys-devel/gettext-0.12.1-r2" |
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# emerge ">=sys-devel/gettext-0.12.1.-r2" |
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References |
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========== |
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[ 1 ] BugTraq Advisory |
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http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/7263 |
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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-200410-10.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 2004 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/1.0 |