GLSA 200709-04: po4a: Insecure temporary file creation
| Severity: | normal |
| Title: | po4a: Insecure temporary file creation |
| Date: | 09/13/2007 |
| Bugs: | |
| ID: | 200709-04 |
Synopsis
A vulnerability has been discovered in po4a, allowing for a symlink attack.Background
po4a is a set of tools for helping with the translation of documentation.
Affected packages
| Package | Vulnerable | Unaffected | Architecture(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| app-text/po4a | < 0.32-r1 | >= 0.32-r1 | All supported architectures |
Description
The po4a development team reported a race condition in the gettextize() function when creating the file "/tmp/gettextization.failed.po".
Impact
A local attacker could perform a symlink attack, possibly overwriting files with the permissions of the user running po4a.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
All po4a users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/po4a-0.32-r1"
References
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
Concerns?
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License
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