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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200602-14
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  Severity: Normal
     Title: noweb: Insecure temporary file creation
      Date: February 26, 2006
      Bugs: #122705
        ID: 200602-14

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Synopsis
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noweb is vulnerable to symlink attacks, potentially allowing a local
user to overwrite arbitrary files.

Background
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noweb is a simple, extensible, and language independent literate
programming tool.

Affected packages
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     Package         /  Vulnerable  /                       Unaffected
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  1  app-text/noweb      < 2.9-r5                            >= 2.9-r5

Description
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Javier Fernandez-Sanguino has discovered that the lib/toascii.nw and
shell/roff.mm scripts insecurely create temporary files with
predictable filenames.

Impact
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A local attacker could create symbolic links in the temporary file
directory, pointing to a valid file somewhere on the filesystem. When
an affected script is called, this would result in the file being
overwritten with the rights of the user running the script.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All noweb users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/noweb-2.9-r5"

References
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  [ 1 ] CVE-2005-3342
        
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/200602-14

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 2006 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/