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diff --git a/glsa-200712-07.xml b/glsa-200712-07.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..e54ef4b8 --- /dev/null +++ b/glsa-200712-07.xml @@ -0,0 +1,65 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> + +<glsa id="200712-07"> + <title>Lookup: Insecure temporary file creation</title> + <synopsis> + Lookup uses temporary files in an insecure manner, allowing for a symlink + attack. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">lookup</product> + <announced>December 09, 2007</announced> + <revised>December 09, 2007: 01</revised> + <bug>197306</bug> + <access>local</access> + <affected> + <package name="app-emacs/lookup" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">1.4.1</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">1.4.1</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + Lookup is a search interface to books and dictionnaries for Emacs. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + Tatsuya Kinoshita reported that the ndeb-binary function does not + handle temporay files correctly. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p> + A local attacker could use a symlink attack to overwrite files with the + privileges of the user running Lookup. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + There is no known workaround at this time. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All Lookup users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emacs/lookup-1.4.1"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-0237">CVE-2007-0237</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Mon, 19 Nov 2007 22:00:43 +0000"> + p-y + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Wed, 21 Nov 2007 00:09:14 +0000"> + rbu + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Sat, 08 Dec 2007 23:10:28 +0000"> + p-y + </metadata> +</glsa> |