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Gentoo: GLSA-201201-12 Critical: OpenSSL Vulnerability in TLS

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Calendar Grey January 23, 2012
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Insecure temporary files in Firewall Builder allow attackers to overwrite files. Immediate upgrade is suggested.
Insecure temporary file usage in Firewall Builder could allow attackers to overwrite arbitrary files.

Summary

Two vulnerabilities in Firewall Builder allow the iptables and fwb_install scripts to use temporary files insecurely.

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo privilege escalation file overwrite normal firewall builder

Resolution

All Firewall Builder users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-firewall/fwbuilder-3.0.7"
NOTE: This is a legacy GLSA. Updates for all affected architectures are available since March 09, 2010. It is likely that your system is already no longer affected by this issue.

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2008-4956 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2008-4956 [ 2 ] CVE-2009-4664 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-4664

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201201-11
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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.

Severity: Normal
Title: Firewall Builder: Privilege escalation
Date: January 23, 2012
Bugs: #235809, #285861
ID: 201201-11

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo privilege escalation file overwrite normal firewall builder

Synopsis

Insecure temporary file usage in Firewall Builder could allow attackersto overwrite arbitrary files.

Background

Firewall Builder is a GUI for easy management of multiple firewall platforms.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-firewall/fwbuilder < 3.0.7 >= 3.0.7

Impact

===== A local attacker could possibly overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running Firewall Builder.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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