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MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart3501927.O8A1mMxl65"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: Sune Kloppenborg Jeppesen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [email protected], [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ GLSA 200503-14 ] KDE dcopidlng: Insecure temporary file creation Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2005 21:17:11 +0100 --nextPart3501927.O8A1mMxl65 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200503-14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: Normal Title: KDE dcopidlng: Insecure temporary file creation Date: March 07, 2005 Bugs: #81652 ID: 200503-14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======== The dcopidlng script is vulnerable to symlink attacks, potentially allowing a local user to overwrite arbitrary files. Background ========== KDE is a feature-rich graphical desktop environment for Linux and Unix-like Operating Systems. DCOP is KDE's simple IPC/RPC mechanism. dcopidlng is a DCOP helper script. Affected packages ================= ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 kde-base/kdelibs < 3.3.2-r5 >= 3.3.2-r5 *>= 3.2.3-r7 Description =========== Davide Madrisan has discovered that the dcopidlng script creates temporary files in a world-writable directory with predictable names. Impact ====== A local attacker could create symbolic links in the temporary files directory, pointing to a valid file somewhere on the filesystem. When dcopidlng is executed, this would result in the file being overwritten with the rights of the user running the utility, which could be the root user. Workaround ========== There is no known workaround at this time. Resolution ========== All kdelibs users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose kde-base/kdelibs References ========== [ 1 ] CAN-2005-0365 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0365 Availability ============ This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200503-14.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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] or alternatively, you may file a bug at http://bugs.gentoo.org. License ======= 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 --nextPart3501927.O8A1mMxl65 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBCLLbUzKC5hMHO6rkRAoezAJ9xiAltRmjM/MjbcahIFLlAth1CUgCeMo1r ZeYxmOtjjV2qSEG9sEdM6dQ= =mA0Y -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart3501927.O8A1mMxl65-- ------------------------------ End of this Digest ****************** -- Raj Mathur [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kandalaya.org/ GPG: 78D4 FC67 367F 40E2 0DD5 0FEF C968 D0EF CC68 D17F It is the mind that moves ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
