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TITLE:
Gentoo Portage "etc-update" Information Disclosure

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA28094

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/28094/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Exposure of sensitive information

WHERE:
Local system

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Gentoo Linux 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/339/

DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has acknowledged a security issue in Portage, which can be
exploited by malicious, local users to disclose potentially sensitive
information.

The security issue is caused due to the "etc-update" application
creating certain files with the "umask" permissions of the user
running the application when merging configuration files, allowing
other users to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The security issue is reported in versions prior to 2.1.3.11.

SOLUTION:
Update to "sys-apps/portage-2.1.3.11"

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Mike Frysinger

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200712-11.xml

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