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+<?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="200410-18">
+ <title>Ghostscript: Insecure temporary file use in multiple scripts</title>
+ <synopsis>
+ Multiple scripts in the Ghostscript package are vulnerable to symlink
+ attacks, potentially allowing a local user to overwrite arbitrary files
+ with the rights of the user running the script.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">Ghostscript</product>
+ <announced>October 20, 2004</announced>
+ <revised>December 30, 2007: 02</revised>
+ <bug>66357</bug>
+ <access>local</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="app-text/ghostscript-esp" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">7.07.1-r7</unaffected>
+ <unaffected range="rge">7.05.6-r2</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">7.07.1-r7</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>
+ Ghostscript is a software package providing an interpreter for the
+ PostScript language and the PDF file format. It also provides output
+ drivers for various file formats and printers.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>
+ The pj-gs.sh, ps2epsi, pv.sh and sysvlp.sh scripts create temporary files
+ in world-writeable directories with predictable names.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>
+ A local attacker could create symbolic links in the temporary files
+ directory, pointing to a valid file somewhere on the filesystem. When an
+ affected script is called, this would result in the file to be overwritten
+ with the rights of the user running the script, which could be the root
+ user.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>
+ There is no known workaround at this time.
+ </p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>
+ Ghostscript users on all architectures except PPC should upgrade to the
+ latest version:
+ </p>
+ <code>
+ # emerge sync
+
+ # emerge -pv ">=app-text/ghostscript-esp-7.07.1-r7"
+ # emerge ">=app-text/ghostscript-esp-7.07.1-r7"</code>
+ <p>
+ Ghostscript users on the PPC architecture should upgrade to the latest
+ stable version on their architecture:
+ </p>
+ <code>
+ # emerge sync
+
+ # emerge -pv ">=app-text/ghostscript-esp-7.05.6-r2"
+ # emerge ">=app-text/ghostscript-esp-7.05.6-r2"</code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-0967">CAN-2004-0967</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Tue, 19 Oct 2004 12:27:11 +0000">
+ koon
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Tue, 19 Oct 2004 12:27:18 +0000">
+ koon
+ </metadata>
+</glsa>