Gentoo: GLSA-200712-01: Hugin: Insecure temporary file creation
Summary
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Severity: Normal Title: Hugin: Insecure temporary file creation Date: December 05, 2007 Bugs: #195996 ID: 200712-01
Synopsis ======= A vulnerability has been discovered in Hugin, potentially allowing for a Denial of Service.
Background ========= Hugin is a GUI for creating and processing panoramic images.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 media-gfx/hugin < 0.7_beta4-r1 *>= 0.6.1-r1 >= 0.7_beta4-r1
========== Suse Linux reported that Hugin creates the "hugin_debug_optim_results.txt" temporary file in an insecure manner.
Impact ===== A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability with a symlink attack, potentially overwriting an arbitrary file with the privileges of the user running the application.
Workaround ========= There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution ========= All Hugin users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-gfx/hugin-0.6.1-r1"
References ========= [ 1 ] CVE-2007-5200 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5200
Availability =========== This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200712-01
Concerns? ======== 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 ====== Copyright 2007 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.
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