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Added: glsa-200801-03.xml |
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GLSA 200801-03 |
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Revision Changes Path |
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1.1 xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200801-03.xml |
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file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200801-03.xml?rev=1.1&view=markup |
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plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200801-03.xml?rev=1.1&content-type=text/plain |
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Index: glsa-200801-03.xml |
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=================================================================== |
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> |
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<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> |
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<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> |
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> |
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<glsa id="200801-03"> |
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<title>Claws Mail: Insecure temporary file creation</title> |
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<synopsis> |
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Claws Mail uses temporary files in an insecure manner, allowing for a |
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symlink attack. |
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</synopsis> |
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<product type="ebuild">claws-mail</product> |
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<announced>January 09, 2008</announced> |
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<revised>January 09, 2008: 01</revised> |
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<bug>201244</bug> |
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<access>local</access> |
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<affected> |
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<package name="mail-client/claws-mail" auto="yes" arch="*"> |
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<unaffected range="ge">3.0.2-r1</unaffected> |
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<vulnerable range="lt">3.0.2-r1</vulnerable> |
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</package> |
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</affected> |
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<background> |
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<p> |
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Claws Mail is a GTK based e-mail client. |
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</p> |
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</background> |
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<description> |
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<p> |
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Nico Golde from Debian reported that the sylprint.pl script that is |
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part of the Claws Mail tools creates temporary files in an insecure |
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manner. |
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</p> |
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</description> |
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<impact type="normal"> |
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<p> |
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A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to conduct symlink |
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attacks to overwrite files with the privileges of the user running |
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Claws Mail. |
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</p> |
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</impact> |
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<workaround> |
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<p> |
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There is no known workaround at this time. |
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</p> |
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</workaround> |
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<resolution> |
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<p> |
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All Claws Mail users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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</p> |
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<code> |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-client/claws-mail-3.0.2-r1"</code> |
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</resolution> |
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<references> |
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<uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6208">CVE-2007-6208</uri> |
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</references> |
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Sun, 06 Jan 2008 23:01:06 +0000"> |
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rbu |
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</metadata> |
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Tue, 08 Jan 2008 23:07:07 +0000"> |
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p-y |
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</metadata> |
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<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Tue, 08 Jan 2008 23:07:18 +0000"> |
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p-y |
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</metadata> |
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</glsa> |
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