[ GLSA 200712-01 ] Hugin: Insecure temporary file creation

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200712-01

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Severity: Normal
Title: Hugin: Insecure temporary file creation
Date: December 05, 2007
Bugs: #195996
ID: 200712-01

Synopsis

A vulnerability has been discovered in Hugin, potentially allowing for
a Denial of Service.

Background

Hugin is a GUI for creating and processing panoramic images.

Affected packages

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 Package          /    Vulnerable    /                  Unaffected
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1 media-gfx/hugin < 0.7_beta4-r1 *>= 0.6.1-r1
>= 0.7_beta4-r1

Description

Suse Linux reported that Hugin creates the
"hugin_debug_optim_results.txt" temporary file in an insecure manner.

Impact

A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability with a symlink
attack, potentially overwriting an arbitrary file with the privileges
of the user running the application.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Hugin users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=media-gfx/hugin-0.6.1-r1&quot;

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2007-5200
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5200

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-01.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
[email protected] or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.