-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200712-07 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: Normal Title: Lookup: Insecure temporary file creation Date: December 09, 2007 Bugs: #197306 ID: 200712-07 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======== Lookup uses temporary files in an insecure manner, allowing for a symlink attack. Background ========== Lookup is a search interface to books and dictionnaries for Emacs. Affected packages ================= ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-emacs/lookup < 1.4.1 >= 1.4.1 Description =========== Tatsuya Kinoshita reported that the ndeb-binary function does not handle temporay files correctly. Impact ====== A local attacker could use a symlink attack to overwrite files with the privileges of the user running Lookup. Workaround ========== There is no known workaround at this time. Resolution ========== All Lookup users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emacs/lookup-1.4.1" References ========== [ 1 ] CVE-2007-0237 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-0237 Availability ============ This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-07.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 http://bugs.gentoo.org. License ======= Copyright 2007 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/2.5 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHXGFVuhJ+ozIKI5gRAgmrAJ9/X6JXfAXIox4/mjtd8Ua2iP53RACdHIcO mnpMB3GPlq7SfNtWAkqZPlQ= =+46t -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----