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| author |   Alex Legler <alex@a3li.li> | 2015-03-08 22:02:38 +0100 |
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| committer | Alex Legler <alex@a3li.li> | 2015-03-08 22:02:38 +0100 |
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diff --git a/glsa-200909-07.xml b/glsa-200909-07.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..96d6baa0 --- /dev/null +++ b/glsa-200909-07.xml @@ -0,0 +1,66 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> + +<glsa id="200909-07"> + <title>TkMan: Insecure temporary file usage</title> + <synopsis> + An insecure temporary file usage has been reported in TkMan, allowing for + symlink attacks. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">tkman</product> + <announced>September 09, 2009</announced> + <revised>September 09, 2009: 01</revised> + <bug>247540</bug> + <access>local</access> + <affected> + <package name="app-text/tkman" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">2.2-r1</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">2.2-r1</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + TkMan is a graphical, hypertext manual page and Texinfo browser for + UNIX. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + Dmitry E. Oboukhov reported that TkMan does not handle the + "/tmp/tkman#####" and "/tmp/ll" temporary files securely. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p> + A local attacker could perform symlink attacks to overwrite arbitrary + files with the privileges of the user running the application. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + There is no known workaround at this time. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All TkMan users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/tkman-2.2-r1"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5137">CVE-2008-5137</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Sun, 19 Jul 2009 18:23:29 +0000"> + a3li + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Fri, 28 Aug 2009 07:32:36 +0000"> + a3li + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Mon, 31 Aug 2009 03:37:41 +0000"> + a3li + </metadata> +</glsa> |