metadata/glsa/glsa-201311-16.xml


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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201311-16">
  <title>fcron: Information disclosure</title>
  <synopsis>A vulnerability has been found in fcron, allowing local attackers
    to conduct symlink attacks. 
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">fcron</product>
  <announced>November 25, 2013</announced>
  <revised>November 25, 2013: 1</revised>
  <bug>308075</bug>
  <access>local</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="sys-process/fcron" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">3.0.5-r2</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">3.0.5-r2</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>fcron is a periodic command scheduler for Unix-based systems</p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>The fcrontab function contains a race condition relating to symlinks.</p>
  </description>
  <impact type="low">
    <p>A local attacker could perform symlink attacks to read 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 fcron users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=sys-process/fcron-3.0.5-r2"
    </code>
    
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-0792">CVE-2010-0792</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Fri, 07 Oct 2011 23:37:12 +0000">
    keytoaster
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Mon, 25 Nov 2013 17:22:51 +0000">
    BlueKnight
  </metadata>
</glsa>