GLSA 200712-01: Hugin: Insecure temporary file creation

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Severity:	normal
Title:	Hugin: Insecure temporary file creation
Date:	12/05/2007
Bugs:	#195996
ID:	200712-01

Synopsis

A vulnerability has been discovered in Hugin, potentially allowing for a Denial of Service.

Background

Hugin is a GUI for creating and processing panoramic images.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
media-gfx/hugin	< 0.7_beta4-r1	>= 0.6.1-r1	All supported architectures

Description

Suse Linux reported that Hugin creates the "hugin_debug_optim_results.txt" temporary file in an insecure manner.

Impact

A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability with a symlink attack, potentially overwriting an arbitrary file with the privileges of the user running the application.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Hugin users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-gfx/hugin-0.6.1-r1"

References

CVE-2007-5200

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-01.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@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.