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| <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> |
| |
| <glsa id="200812-08"> |
| <title>Mgetty: Insecure temporary file usage</title> |
| <synopsis> |
| Mgetty uses temporary files in an insecure manner, allowing for symlink |
| attacks. |
| </synopsis> |
| <product type="ebuild">mgetty</product> |
| <announced>December 06, 2008</announced> |
| <revised>December 23, 2008: 02</revised> |
| <bug>235806</bug> |
| <access>local</access> |
| <affected> |
| <package name="net-dialup/mgetty" auto="yes" arch="*"> |
| <unaffected range="ge">1.1.36-r3</unaffected> |
| <vulnerable range="lt">1.1.36-r3</vulnerable> |
| </package> |
| </affected> |
| <background> |
| <p> |
| Mgetty is a set of fax and voice modem programs. |
| </p> |
| </background> |
| <description> |
| <p> |
| Dmitry E. Oboukhov reported that the "spooldir" directory in |
| fax/faxspool.in is created in an insecure manner. |
| </p> |
| </description> |
| <impact type="normal"> |
| <p> |
| A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to overwrite |
| 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 Mgetty users should upgrade to the latest version: |
| </p> |
| <code> |
| # emerge --sync |
| # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-dialup/mgetty-1.1.36-r3"</code> |
| </resolution> |
| <references> |
| <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4936">CVE-2008-4936</uri> |
| </references> |
| <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:40:45 +0000"> |
| keytoaster |
| </metadata> |
| <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:36:13 +0000"> |
| p-y |
| </metadata> |
| <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:36:50 +0000"> |
| p-y |
| </metadata> |
| </glsa> |