GLSA 201110-09: Conky: Privilege escalation

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Severity:	normal
Title:	Conky: Privilege escalation
Date:	10/13/2011
Bugs:	#354061
ID:	201110-09

Synopsis

A privilege escalation vulnerability was found in Conky.

Background

Conky is an advanced, highly configurable system monitor for X.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
app-admin/conky	< 1.8.1-r2	>= 1.8.1-r2	All supported architectures

Description

A privilege escalation vulnerability due to an insecure temporary file was found in Conky.

Impact

A local attacker could possibly overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running Conky.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Conky users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-admin/conky-1.8.1-r2"

References

CVE-2011-3616

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201110-09.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.