GLSA 201208-05: Perl Config-IniFiles Module: Insecure temporary file usage

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Severity:	normal
Title:	Perl Config-IniFiles Module: Insecure temporary file usage
Date:	08/14/2012
Bugs:	#414485
ID:	201208-05

Synopsis

An insecure temporary file usage has been reported in the Perl Config-IniFiles module, possibly allowing symlink attacks.

Background

Config-IniFiles is a Perl module for reading .ini-style configuration files.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
dev-perl/Config-IniFiles	< 2.710.0	>= 2.710.0	All supported architectures

Description

The Perl Config-IniFiles module uses predicatable temporary file names.

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 users of the Perl Config-IniFiles module should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
      ">=dev-perl/Config-IniFiles-2.710.0"

References

CVE-2012-2451

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201208-05.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.