glsa-201208-05.xml


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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201208-05">
  <title>Perl Config-IniFiles Module: Insecure temporary file usage</title>
  <synopsis>An insecure temporary file usage has been reported in the Perl
    Config-IniFiles module, possibly allowing symlink attacks.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">Config-IniFiles</product>
  <announced>August 14, 2012</announced>
  <revised>August 14, 2012: 1</revised>
  <bug>414485</bug>
  <access>local</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="dev-perl/Config-IniFiles" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">2.710.0</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">2.710.0</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>Config-IniFiles is a Perl module for reading .ini-style configuration
      files.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>The Perl Config-IniFiles module uses predicatable temporary file names.</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 users of the Perl Config-IniFiles module should upgrade to the
      latest version:
    </p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
      "&gt;=dev-perl/Config-IniFiles-2.710.0"
    </code>
    
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-2451">CVE-2012-2451</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata timestamp="Wed, 23 May 2012 02:55:46 +0000" tag="requester">
    underling
  </metadata>
  <metadata timestamp="Tue, 14 Aug 2012 20:31:06 +0000" tag="submitter">ackle</metadata>
</glsa>