From koon@gentoo.org Wed Jan 5 13:07:03 2005 From: Thierry Carrez To: gentoo-announce@lists.gentoo.org Cc: bugtraq@securityfocus.com, full-disclosure@lists.netsys.com, security-alerts@linuxsecurity.com Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2005 22:33:02 +0100 Subject: [ GLSA 200501-02 ] a2ps: Insecure temporary files handling - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200501-02 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: Normal Title: a2ps: Insecure temporary files handling Date: January 04, 2005 Bugs: #75784 ID: 200501-02 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======== The fixps and psmandup scripts in the a2ps package are vulnerable to symlink attacks, potentially allowing a local user to overwrite arbitrary files. Background ========== a2ps is an Any to Postscript filter that can convert to Postscript from many filetypes. fixps is a script that fixes errors in Postscript files. psmandup produces a Postscript file for printing in manual duplex mode. Affected packages ================= ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-text/a2ps < 4.13c-r2 >= 4.13c-r2 Description =========== Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pena discovered that the a2ps package contains two scripts that create insecure temporary files (fixps and psmandup). Impact ====== A local attacker could create symbolic links in the temporary files directory, pointing to a valid file somewhere on the filesystem. When fixps or psmandup is executed, this would result in the file being overwritten with the rights of the user running the utility. Workaround ========== There is no known workaround at this time. Resolution ========== All a2ps users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/a2ps-4.13c-r2" References ========== [ 1 ] Secunia SA13641 http://secunia.com/advisories/13641/ [ 2 ] CAN-2004-1170 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-1170 Availability ============ This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200501-02.xml 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 http://bugs.gentoo.org. License ======= Copyright 2004 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. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 [ Part 2, "OpenPGP digital signature" Application/PGP-SIGNATURE ] [ 264bytes. ] [ Unable to print this part. ]