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authorAlex Legler <alex@a3li.li>2015-03-08 22:02:38 +0100
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="/xsl/glsa.xsl"?>
+<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="/xsl/guide.xsl"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="201208-05">
+ <title>Perl Config-IniFiles Module: Insecure temporary file usage</title>
+ <synopsis>An insecure temporary file usage has been reported in the Perl
+ Config-IniFiles module, possibly allowing symlink attacks.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">Config-IniFiles</product>
+ <announced>August 14, 2012</announced>
+ <revised>August 14, 2012: 1</revised>
+ <bug>414485</bug>
+ <access>local</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="dev-perl/Config-IniFiles" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">2.710.0</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">2.710.0</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>Config-IniFiles is a Perl module for reading .ini-style configuration
+ files.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>The Perl Config-IniFiles module uses predicatable temporary file names.</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 users of the Perl Config-IniFiles module should upgrade to the
+ latest version:
+ </p>
+
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
+ "&gt;=dev-perl/Config-IniFiles-2.710.0"
+ </code>
+
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-2451">CVE-2012-2451</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata timestamp="Wed, 23 May 2012 02:55:46 +0000" tag="requester">
+ underling
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata timestamp="Tue, 14 Aug 2012 20:31:06 +0000" tag="submitter">ackle</metadata>
+</glsa>