A new security update has been released for Gentoo Linux - noweb: Insecure temporary file creation. Here the announcement:
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200602-14
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: noweb: Insecure temporary file creation
Date: February 26, 2006
Bugs: #122705
ID: 200602-14
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Synopsis
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noweb is vulnerable to symlink attacks, potentially allowing a local
user to overwrite arbitrary files.
Background
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noweb is a simple, extensible, and language independent literate
programming tool.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 app-text/noweb < 2.9-r5 >= 2.9-r5
Description
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Javier Fernandez-Sanguino has discovered that the lib/toascii.nw and
shell/roff.mm scripts insecurely create temporary files with
predictable filenames.
Impact
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A local attacker could create symbolic links in the temporary file
directory, pointing to a valid file somewhere on the filesystem. When
an affected script is called, this would result in the file being
overwritten with the rights of the user running the script.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All noweb users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/noweb-2.9-r5"
References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2005-3342
http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-3342
Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200602-14.xml
Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
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Copyright 2006 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
