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diff --git a/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200808-11.xml b/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200808-11.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..8c848a43 --- /dev/null +++ b/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200808-11.xml @@ -0,0 +1,78 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> + +<glsa id="200808-11"> + <title>UUDeview: Insecure temporary file creation</title> + <synopsis> + A vulnerability in UUDeview may allow local attackers to conduct symlink + attacks. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">nzbget uudeview</product> + <announced>August 11, 2008</announced> + <revised>August 11, 2008: 01</revised> + <bug>222275</bug> + <bug>224193</bug> + <access>local</access> + <affected> + <package name="app-text/uudeview" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">0.5.20-r1</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">0.5.20-r1</vulnerable> + </package> + <package name="news-nntp/nzbget" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">0.4.0</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">0.4.0</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + UUdeview is encoder and decoder supporting various binary formats. + NZBGet is a command-line based binary newsgrabber supporting .nzb + files. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + UUdeview makes insecure usage of the tempnam() function when creating + temporary files. NZBGet includes a copy of the vulnerable code. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p> + A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to overwrite + arbitrary files on the system. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + There is no known workaround at this time. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All UUDview users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/uudeview-0.5.20-r1"</code> + <p> + All NZBget users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=news-nntp/nzbget-0.4.0"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2266">CVE-2008-2266</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Sun, 06 Jul 2008 18:30:42 +0000"> + p-y + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Sun, 06 Jul 2008 18:32:00 +0000"> + p-y + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:22:12 +0000"> + p-y + </metadata> +</glsa> |