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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201006-08
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: nano: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: June 01, 2010
Bugs: #315355
ID: 201006-08
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Synopsis
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Race conditions when editing files could lead to symlink attacks or
changes of ownerships of important files.
Background
=========
nano is a GNU GPL'd Pico clone with more functionality.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 app-editors/nano < 2.2.4 >= 2.2.4
Description
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Multiple race condition vulnerabilities have been discovered in nano.
For further information please consult the CVE entries referenced
below.
Impact
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Under certain conditions, a local, user-assisted attacker could
possibly overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on an
attacker-owned file that is being edited by the victim, or change the
ownership of arbitrary files.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All nano users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-editors/nano-2.2.4"
References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2010-1160
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-1160
[ 2 ] CVE-2010-1161
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-1161
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-201006-08.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
https://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
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Copyright 2010 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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