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From: "Alex Legler (a3li)" <a3li@g.o>
To: gentoo-commits@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-commits] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa: glsa-200909-11.xml
Date: Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:16:34
Message-Id: E1MlN2F-0000yY-NY@stork.gentoo.org
1 a3li 09/09/09 13:16:31
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3 Added: glsa-200909-11.xml
4 Log:
5 GLSA 200909-11
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7 Revision Changes Path
8 1.1 xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200909-11.xml
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10 file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200909-11.xml?rev=1.1&view=markup
11 plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200909-11.xml?rev=1.1&content-type=text/plain
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13 Index: glsa-200909-11.xml
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15 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
16 <?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
17 <?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
18 <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
19
20 <glsa id="200909-11">
21 <title>GCC-XML: Insecure temporary file usage</title>
22 <synopsis>
23 An insecure temporary file usage has been reported in GCC-XML allowing for
24 symlink attacks.
25 </synopsis>
26 <product type="ebuild">gccxml</product>
27 <announced>September 09, 2009</announced>
28 <revised>September 09, 2009: 01</revised>
29 <bug>245765</bug>
30 <access>local</access>
31 <affected>
32 <package name="dev-cpp/gccxml" auto="yes" arch="*">
33 <unaffected range="ge">0.9.0_pre20090516</unaffected>
34 <vulnerable range="lt">0.9.0_pre20090516</vulnerable>
35 </package>
36 </affected>
37 <background>
38 <p>
39 GCC-XML is an XML output extension to the C++ front-end of GCC.
40 </p>
41 </background>
42 <description>
43 <p>
44 Dmitry E. Oboukhov reported that find_flags in GCC-XML does not handle
45 "/tmp/*.cxx" temporary files securely.
46 </p>
47 </description>
48 <impact type="normal">
49 <p>
50 A local attacker could perform symlink attacks to overwrite arbitrary
51 files with the privileges of the user running the application.
52 </p>
53 </impact>
54 <workaround>
55 <p>
56 There is no known workaround at this time.
57 </p>
58 </workaround>
59 <resolution>
60 <p>
61 All GCC-XML users should upgrade to the latest version:
62 </p>
63 <code>
64 # emerge --sync
65 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose =dev-cpp/gccxml-0.9.0_pre20090516</code>
66 </resolution>
67 <references>
68 <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4957">CVE-2008-4957</uri>
69 </references>
70 <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Mon, 25 May 2009 20:39:27 +0000">
71 rbu
72 </metadata>
73 <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Fri, 28 Aug 2009 08:04:45 +0000">
74 a3li
75 </metadata>
76 <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Mon, 31 Aug 2009 03:38:17 +0000">
77 a3li
78 </metadata>
79 </glsa>