- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200903-05 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: Normal Title: PDFjam: Multiple vulnerabilities Date: March 07, 2009 Bugs: #252734 ID: 200903-05 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======== Multiple vulnerabilities in the PDFjam scripts allow for local privilege escalation. Background ========== PDFjam is a small collection of shell scripts to edit PDF documents, including pdfnup, pdfjoin and pdf90. Affected packages ================= ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-text/pdfjam < 1.20-r1 >= 1.20-r1 Description =========== * Martin Vaeth reported multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-5843). * Marcus Meissner of the SUSE Security Team reported that temporary files are created with a predictable name (CVE-2008-5743). Impact ====== A local attacker could place a specially crafted Python module in the current working directory or the /var/tmp directory, and entice a user to run the PDFjam scripts, leading to the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application. A local attacker could also leverage symlink attacks to overwrite arbitrary files. Workaround ========== There is no known workaround at this time. Resolution ========== All PDFjam users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/pdfjam-1.20-r1" References ========== [ 1 ] CVE-2008-5843 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5843 [ 2 ] CVE-2008-5743 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5743 Availability ============ This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-05.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 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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