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author | V3n3RiX <venerix@redcorelinux.org> | 2017-10-09 18:53:29 +0100 |
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committer | V3n3RiX <venerix@redcorelinux.org> | 2017-10-09 18:53:29 +0100 |
commit | 4f2d7949f03e1c198bc888f2d05f421d35c57e21 (patch) | |
tree | ba5f07bf3f9d22d82e54a462313f5d244036c768 /metadata/glsa/glsa-200508-19.xml |
reinit the tree, so we can have metadata
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diff --git a/metadata/glsa/glsa-200508-19.xml b/metadata/glsa/glsa-200508-19.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..6d949660f631 --- /dev/null +++ b/metadata/glsa/glsa-200508-19.xml @@ -0,0 +1,68 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> +<glsa id="200508-19"> + <title>lm_sensors: Insecure temporary file creation</title> + <synopsis> + lm_sensors is vulnerable to linking attacks, potentially allowing a local + user to overwrite arbitrary files. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">lm_sensors</product> + <announced>2005-08-30</announced> + <revised>2005-08-30: 01</revised> + <bug>103568</bug> + <access>local</access> + <affected> + <package name="sys-apps/lm_sensors" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">2.9.1-r1</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">2.9.1-r1</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + lm_sensors is a software package that provides drivers for + monitoring the temperatures, voltages, and fans of Linux systems with + hardware monitoring devices. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pena has discovered that lm_sensors + insecurely creates temporary files with predictable filenames when + saving configurations. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p> + A local attacker could create symbolic links in the temporary file + directory, pointing to a valid file somewhere on the filesystem. When + the pwmconfig script of lm_sensors is executed, this would result in + the file being overwritten with the rights of the user running the + script, which typically is the root user. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + There is no known workaround at this time. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All lm_sensors users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-apps/lm_sensors-2.9.1-r1"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-2672">CAN-2005-2672</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2005-08-27T09:37:19Z"> + koon + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2005-08-27T09:38:55Z"> + koon + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2005-08-27T22:28:16Z"> + formula7 + </metadata> +</glsa> |