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[ GLSA 200901-14 ] Scilab: Insecure temporary file usage

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200901-14


                                        http://security.gentoo.org/

Severity: Normal
Title: Scilab: Insecure temporary file usage
Date: January 21, 2009
Bugs: #245922
ID: 200901-14


Synopsis

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

Background

Scilab is a scientific software package for numerical computations.

Affected packages

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 Package                 /  Vulnerable  /               Unaffected
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1 sci-mathematics/scilab < 4.1.2-r1 >= 4.1.2-r1

Description

Dmitry E. Oboukhov reported an insecure temporary file usage within the
scilink, scidoc and scidem scripts.

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 Scilab users should upgrade to the latest version:

emerge --sync

emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sci-mathematics/scilab-4.1.2-r1"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2008-4983
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4983

Availability

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

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200901-14.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.

License

Copyright 2009 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/2.5

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