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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200412-05:02 |
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http://security.gentoo.org/ |
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Severity: Normal |
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Title: mirrorselect: Insecure temporary file creation |
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Date: December 07, 2004 |
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Updated: December 07, 2004 |
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Bugs: #73545 |
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ID: 200412-05:02 |
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Synopsis |
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mirrorselect is vulnerable to symlink attacks, potentially allowing a |
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local user to overwrite arbitrary files. |
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Background |
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mirrorselect is a tool to help select distfiles mirrors for Gentoo. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 app-portage/mirrorselect < 0.89 >= 0.89 |
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Description |
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Ervin Nemeth discovered that mirrorselect creates temporary files in |
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world-writable 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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mirrorselect is executed, this would result in the file being |
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overwritten with the rights of the user running the utility, which |
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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 mirrorselect users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-portage/mirrorselect-0.89" |
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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-200412-05.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/2.0 |
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