metadata/glsa/glsa-200903-08.xml

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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">

<glsa id="200903-08">
  <title>gEDA: Insecure temporary file creation</title>
  <synopsis>
    An insecure temporary file usage has been reported in gEDA, allowing for
    symlink attacks.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">geda</product>
  <announced>March 07, 2009</announced>
  <revised>March 07, 2009: 01</revised>
  <bug>247538</bug>
  <access>local</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="sci-electronics/geda" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">1.4.0-r1</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">1.4.0-r1</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    gEDA is an Electronic Design Automation tool used for electrical
    circuit design.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    Dmitry E. Oboukhov reported an insecure temporary file usage within the
    sch2eaglepos.sh script.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>
    A local attacker could perform symlink attacks 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 gEDA users should upgrade to the latest version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=sci-electronics/geda-1.4.0-r1&quot;</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5148">CVE-2008-5148</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:58:50 +0000">
    p-y
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Thu, 12 Feb 2009 18:01:59 +0000">
    rbu
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Thu, 12 Feb 2009 18:02:15 +0000">
    rbu
  </metadata>
</glsa>