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Linux Compatible » News » September 2009 » GLSA 200909-10 LMBench: Insecure temporary file usage

GLSA 200909-10 LMBench: Insecure temporary file usage

Posted by Bob on: 09/09/2009 03:10 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]

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




Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200909-10
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: LMBench: Insecure temporary file usage
Date: September 09, 2009
Bugs: #246015
ID: 200909-10

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Synopsis
========

Multiple insecure temporary file usage issues have been reported in
LMBench, allowing for symlink attacks.

Background
==========

LMBench is a suite of simple, portable benchmarks for UNIX platforms.

Affected packages
=================

-------------------------------------------------------------------
Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
-------------------------------------------------------------------
1 app-benchmarks/lmbench lt;= 3 Vulnerable!
-------------------------------------------------------------------
NOTE: Certain packages are still vulnerable. Users should migrate
to another package if one is available or wait for the
existing packages to be marked stable by their
architecture maintainers.

Description
===========

Dmitry E. Oboukhov reported that the rccs and STUFF scripts do not
handle "/tmp/sdiff.#####" temporary files securely. NOTE: There might
be further occurances of insecure temporary file usage.

Impact
======

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

Workaround
==========

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
==========

LMBench has been removed from Portage. We recommend that users unmerge
LMBench:

# emerge --unmerge app-benchmarks/lmbench

References
==========

[ 1 ] CVE-2008-4968
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4968

Availability
============

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200909-10.xml

Concerns?
=========

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
=======

Copyright 2009 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/2.5


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