Gentoo: GLSA-200903-18: Openswan: Insecure temporary file creation
Summary
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200903-18
https://security.gentoo.org/
Severity: Normal
Title: Openswan: Insecure temporary file creation
Date: March 09, 2009
Bugs: #238574
ID: 200903-18
Synopsis
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An insecure temporary file usage has been reported in Openswan,
allowing for symlink attacks.
Background
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Openswan is an implementation of IPsec for Linux.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-misc/openswan < 2.4.13-r2 >= 2.4.13-r2
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Dmitry E. Oboukhov reported that the IPSEC livetest tool does not
handle the ipseclive.conn and ipsec.olts.remote.log temporary files
securely.
Impact
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A local attacker could perform symlink attacks to execute arbitrary
code and overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user
running the application.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All Openswan users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/openswan-2.4.13-r2"
References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2008-4190
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4190
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/200903-18
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 2009 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/2.5/
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