GLSA 200909-07 TkMan: Insecure temporary file usage

Posted by Bob on: 09/09/2009 02:55 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]

A new security update has been released for Gentoo Linux - TkMan: Insecure temporary file usage. Here the announcement:

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200909-07
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: TkMan: Insecure temporary file usage
Date: September 09, 2009
Bugs: #247540
ID: 200909-07

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Synopsis
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An insecure temporary file usage has been reported in TkMan, allowing
for symlink attacks.

Background
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TkMan is a graphical, hypertext manual page and Texinfo browser for
UNIX.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 app-text/tkman lt; 2.2-r1 gt;= 2.2-r1

Description
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Dmitry E. Oboukhov reported that TkMan does not handle the
"/tmp/tkman#####" and "/tmp/ll" temporary files securely.

Impact
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A local attacker could perform symlink attacks to overwrite arbitrary
files with the privileges of the user running the application.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All TkMan users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose =app-text/tkman-2.2-r1

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2008-5137
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5137

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-200909-07.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
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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