- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200808-11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: Normal Title: UUDeview: Insecure temporary file creation Date: August 11, 2008 Bugs: #222275, #224193 ID: 200808-11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======== A vulnerability in UUDeview may allow local attackers to conduct symlink attacks. Background ========== UUdeview is encoder and decoder supporting various binary formats. NZBGet is a command-line based binary newsgrabber supporting .nzb files. Affected packages ================= ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-text/uudeview < 0.5.20-r1 >= 0.5.20-r1 2 news-nntp/nzbget < 0.4.0 >= 0.4.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 affected packages on all of their supported architectures. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Description =========== UUdeview makes insecure usage of the tempnam() function when creating temporary files. NZBGet includes a copy of the vulnerable code. Impact ====== A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to overwrite arbitrary files on the system. Workaround ========== There is no known workaround at this time. Resolution ========== All UUDview users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/uudeview-0.5.20-r1" All NZBget users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=news-nntp/nzbget-0.4.0" References ========== [ 1 ] CVE-2008-2266 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2266 Availability ============ This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-11.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@xxxxxxxxxx or alternatively, you may file a bug at http://bugs.gentoo.org. License ======= Copyright 2008 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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