A new security update has been released for Gentoo Linux - fbida: Insecure temporary file creation. Here the announcement:
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200604-13
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: fbida: Insecure temporary file creation
Date: April 23, 2006
Bugs: #129470
ID: 200604-13
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Synopsis
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fbida is vulnerable to linking attacks, potentially allowing a local
user to overwrite arbitrary files.
Background
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fbida is a collection of image viewers and editors for the framebuffer
console and X11.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 media-gfx/fbida < 2.03-r3 >= 2.03-r3
Description
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Jan Braun has discovered that the "fbgs" script provided by fbida
insecurely creates temporary files in the "/var/tmp" directory.
Impact
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A local attacker could create links in the temporary file directory,
pointing to a valid file somewhere on the filesystem. When an affected
script is called, this could 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 fbida users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-gfx/fbida-2.03-r3"
References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2006-1695
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1695
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-200604-13.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
