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  Severity: Normal
     Title: Perl: rmtree and DBI tmpfile vulnerabilities
      Date: January 26, 2005
   Updated: March 15, 2005
      Bugs: #75696, #78634, #79685
        ID: 200501-38:03

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Update
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The rmtree race conditions were only partly fixed in the original GLSA.
New versions of dev-lang/perl have been released to address the
remaining issues (CAN-2005-0448).

The updated sections appear below.

Affected packages
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    -------------------------------------------------------------------
     Package        /   Vulnerable   /                      Unaffected
    -------------------------------------------------------------------
  1  dev-perl/DBI         <= 1.38                          *>= 1.37-r1
                                                            >= 1.38-r1
  2  dev-lang/perl      <= 5.8.6-r3                        >= 5.8.6-r4
                                                          *>= 5.8.5-r5
                                                          *>= 5.8.4-r4
                                                          *>= 5.8.2-r4
    -------------------------------------------------------------------
     2 affected packages on all of their supported architectures.
    -------------------------------------------------------------------

Description
==========
Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pena discovered that the DBI library creates
temporary files in an insecure, predictable way (CAN-2005-0077). Paul
Szabo found out that "File::Path::rmtree" is vulnerable to various race
conditions (CAN-2004-0452, CAN-2005-0448).

Impact
=====
A local attacker could create symbolic links in the temporary files
directory that point to a valid file somewhere on the filesystem. When
the DBI library or File::Path::rmtree is executed, this could be used
to overwrite or remove files with the rights of the user calling these
functions.

Resolution
=========
All Perl users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose dev-lang/perl

All DBI library users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose dev-perl/DBI

References
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  [ 1 ] CAN-2004-0452
          [ 2 ] CAN-2005-0077
          [ 3 ] CAN-2005-0448
        
Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

  https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200501-38

Concerns?
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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
https://bugs.gentoo.org/.

License
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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.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/