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Gentoo 200801-03 Advisory: Claws Mail Vulnerability in Symlink Attack

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Calendar Grey January 9, 2008
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Claws Mail for Gentoo Linux is vulnerable to a symlink attack stemming from improper handling of temporary files. It is advised to apply the latest updates.
Claws Mail uses temporary files in an insecure manner, allowing for a symlink attack.

Summary

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200801-03
                                            https://security.gentoo.org/

  Severity: Normal
     Title: Claws Mail: Insecure temporary file creation
      Date: January 09, 2008
      Bugs: #201244
        ID: 200801-03


Synopsis
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Claws Mail uses temporary files in an insecure manner, allowing for a
symlink attack.

Background
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Claws Mail is a GTK based e-mail client.

Affected packages
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     Package                 /  Vulnerable  /               Unaffected
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  1  mail-client/claws-mail     < 3.0.2-r1                 >= 3.0.2-r1

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Nico Golde from Debian reported that the sylprint.pl script that is
part of the Claws Mail tools creates temporary files in an insecure
manner.

Impact
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