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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200510-13
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  Severity: Normal
     Title: SPE: Insecure file permissions
      Date: October 15, 2005
      Bugs: #108538
        ID: 200510-13

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Synopsis
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SPE files are installed with world-writeable permissions, potentially
leading to privilege escalation.

Background
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SPE is a cross-platform Python Integrated Development Environment
(IDE).

Affected packages
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     Package       /   Vulnerable   /                       Unaffected
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  1  dev-util/spe      < 0.7.5c-r1                        >= 0.7.5c-r1
                                                         *>= 0.5.1f-r1

Description
===========

It was reported that due to an oversight all SPE's files are set as
world-writeable.

Impact
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A local attacker could modify the executable files, causing arbitrary
code to be executed with the permissions of the user running SPE.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All SPE users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose dev-util/spe

Availability
============

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

  http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200510-13.xml

Concerns?
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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
http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2005 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0