GLSA 200909-11: GCC-XML: Insecure temporary file usage

Severity:normal
Title:GCC-XML: Insecure temporary file usage
Date:09/09/2009
Bugs: #245765
ID:200909-11

Synopsis

An insecure temporary file usage has been reported in GCC-XML allowing for symlink attacks.

Background

GCC-XML is an XML output extension to the C++ front-end of GCC.

Affected packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected Architecture(s)
dev-cpp/gccxml < 0.9.0_pre20090516 >= 0.9.0_pre20090516 All supported architectures

Description

Dmitry E. Oboukhov reported that find_flags in GCC-XML does not handle "/tmp/*.cxx" temporary files securely.

Impact

A local attacker could perform symlink attacks to overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running the application.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All GCC-XML users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-cpp/gccxml-0.9.0_pre20090516"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200909-11.xml

Concerns?

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License

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