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automake183.txt

automake183.txt
Posted Mar 11, 2004
Authored by Stefan Nordhausen

GNU automake versions below 1.8.3 insecurely create temporary directories.

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automake183.txt

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Vulnerable:      GNU automake <1.8.3
Not Vulnerable: GNU automake 1.8.3
Project website: http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/

Description of libtool (from website):
"Automake is a tool for automatically generating `Makefile.in' files
compliant with the GNU Coding Standards."


Discussion:
The Makefiles generated by automake insecurely create temporary
directories. Because the insecure code is inside the Makefile this bug
can only be exploited during compile time.

The bug original report with some more detail can be found at
http://sources.redhat.com/cgi-bin/gnatsweb.pl?cmd=view%20audit-trail&database=automake&pr=413


Solution:
This vulnerability has been fixed in GNU automake 1.8.3 which is the
current stable release. Programmers should update their automake
packages and re-create their Makefiles if they were created using GNU
automake.

Regards
Stefan Nordhausen


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