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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-201310-11.xml b/glsa-201310-11.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..eea10fcb --- /dev/null +++ b/glsa-201310-11.xml @@ -0,0 +1,55 @@ +<?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="201310-11"> + <title>Perl Parallel-ForkManager Module: Insecure temporary file usage</title> + <synopsis>An insecure temporary file usage has been reported in the Perl + Parallel-ForkManager module, possibly allowing symlink attacks. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">Parallel-ForkManager</product> + <announced>October 17, 2013</announced> + <revised>October 17, 2013: 1</revised> + <bug>389839</bug> + <access>local</access> + <affected> + <package name="dev-perl/Parallel-ForkManager" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">1.20.0</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">1.20.0</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p>Parallel-ForkManager is a simple parallel processing fork manager for + Perl. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p>The Perl Parallel-ForkManager module does not handle 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 Parallel-ForkManager users should upgrade to the latest version:</p> + + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose + ">=dev-perl/Parallel-ForkManager-1.20.0" + </code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-4115">CVE-2011-4115</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Wed, 02 Jan 2013 18:47:58 +0000"> + underling + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Thu, 17 Oct 2013 08:42:08 +0000">ackle</metadata> +</glsa> |