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Vobcopy: Insecure temporary file creation
Vobcopy: Insecure temporary file creation
Vobcopy: Insecure temporary file creation



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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200803-11
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  Severity: Normal
     Title: Vobcopy: Insecure temporary file creation
      Date: March 05, 2008
      Bugs: #197578
        ID: 200803-11

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Synopsis
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Vobcopy uses temporary files in an insecure manner, allowing for a
symlink attack.

Background
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Vobcopy is a tool for decrypting and copying DVD .vob files to a hard
disk.

Affected packages
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     Package              /  Vulnerable  /                  Unaffected
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  1  media-video/vobcopy       < 1.1.0                        >= 1.1.0

Description
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Joey Hess reported that vobcopy appends data to the file
"/tmp/vobcopy.bla" in an insecure manner.

Impact
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A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to conduct symlink
attacks and append data to arbitrary files with the privileges of the
user running Vobcopy.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All Vobcopy users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-video/vobcopy-1.1.0"

References
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  [ 1 ] CVE-2007-5718
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5718 

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

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-11.xml 

Concerns?
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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
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Copyright 2008 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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