GLSA 200903-08: gEDA: Insecure temporary file creation

Severity:normal
Title:gEDA: Insecure temporary file creation
Date:03/07/2009
Bugs: #247538
ID:200903-08

Synopsis

An insecure temporary file usage has been reported in gEDA, allowing for symlink attacks.

Background

gEDA is an Electronic Design Automation tool used for electrical circuit design.

Affected packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected Architecture(s)
sci-electronics/geda < 1.4.0-r1 >= 1.4.0-r1 All supported architectures

Description

Dmitry E. Oboukhov reported an insecure temporary file usage within the sch2eaglepos.sh script.

Impact

A local attacker could perform symlink attacks to overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running the application.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All gEDA users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sci-electronics/geda-1.4.0-r1"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-08.xml

Concerns?

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License

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