Gentoo: GLSA-200903-36 Critical: Apache Struts Vulnerability
gentoo
March 23, 2009
An insecure temporary file usage in Muttprint allows for symlink attacks.
Summary
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200903-35
https://security.gentoo.org/
Severity: Normal
Title: Muttprint: Insecure temporary file usage
Date: March 23, 2009
Bugs: #250554
ID: 200903-35
Synopsis
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An insecure temporary file usage in Muttprint allows for symlink
attacks.
Background
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Muttprint formats the output of mail clients to a good-looking printing
using LaTeX.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 app-misc/muttprint < 0.72d-r1 >= 0.72d-r1
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Dmitry E. Oboukhov reported an insecure usage of the temporary file
"/tmp/muttprint.log" in the muttprint script.
Impact
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A local attacker could perform symlink attacks to overw...
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style>.gentoo_availability{display:block;}
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