metadata/glsa/glsa-201201-11.xml

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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201201-11">
  <title>Firewall Builder: Privilege escalation</title>
  <synopsis>Insecure temporary file usage in Firewall Builder could allow
    attackers to overwrite arbitrary files.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">fwbuilder</product>
  <announced>January 23, 2012</announced>
  <revised>January 23, 2012: 1</revised>
  <bug>235809</bug>
  <bug>285861</bug>
  <access>local</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="net-firewall/fwbuilder" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">3.0.7</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">3.0.7</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>Firewall Builder is a GUI for easy management of multiple firewall
      platforms.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>Two vulnerabilities in Firewall Builder allow the iptables and
      fwb_install scripts to use temporary files insecurely. 
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>A local attacker could possibly overwrite arbitrary files with the
      privileges of the user running Firewall Builder. 
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All Firewall Builder users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=net-firewall/fwbuilder-3.0.7"
    </code>
    
    <p>NOTE: This is a legacy GLSA. Updates for all affected architectures are
      available since March 09, 2010. It is likely that your system is already
      no longer affected by this issue.
    </p>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2008-4956">CVE-2008-4956</uri>
    <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-4664">CVE-2009-4664</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata timestamp="Fri, 07 Oct 2011 23:37:46 +0000" tag="requester">craig</metadata>
  <metadata timestamp="Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:53:36 +0000" tag="submitter">ackle</metadata>
</glsa>