GLSA 200712-07: Lookup: Insecure temporary file creation
| Severity: | normal |
| Title: | Lookup: Insecure temporary file creation |
| Date: | 12/09/2007 |
| Bugs: | |
| ID: | 200712-07 |
Synopsis
Lookup uses temporary files in an insecure manner, allowing for a symlink attack.Background
Lookup is a search interface to books and dictionnaries for Emacs.
Affected packages
| Package | Vulnerable | Unaffected | Architecture(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| app-emacs/lookup | < 1.4.1 | >= 1.4.1 | All supported architectures |
Description
Tatsuya Kinoshita reported that the ndeb-binary function does not handle temporay files correctly.
Impact
A local attacker could use a symlink attack to overwrite files with the privileges of the user running Lookup.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
All Lookup users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emacs/lookup-1.4.1"
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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