Gentoo: GLSA-200407-01 Normal: Esearch Temp File Handling Flaw
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July 1, 2004
The eupdatedb utility in esearch creates a file in /tmp without first checking for symlinks
Summary
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200407-01
https://security.gentoo.org/
Severity: Normal
Title: Esearch: Insecure temp file handling
Date: July 01, 2004
Bugs: #55424
ID: 200407-01
Synopsis
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The eupdatedb utility in esearch creates a file in /tmp without first
checking for symlinks. This makes it possible for any user to create
arbitrary files.
Background
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Esearch is a replacement for the Portage command "emerge search". It
uses an index to speed up searching of the Portage tree.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 app-portage/esearch <= 0.6.1 >= 0.6.2
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The eupdatedb utility uses a temporary file (/tmp/esearchdb...
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