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diff --git a/glsa-200508-05.xml b/glsa-200508-05.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..897de7a5 --- /dev/null +++ b/glsa-200508-05.xml @@ -0,0 +1,70 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> + +<glsa id="200508-05"> + <title>Heartbeat: Insecure temporary file creation</title> + <synopsis> + Heartbeat is vulnerable to symlink attacks, potentially allowing a local + user to overwrite arbitrary files. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">Heartbeat</product> + <announced>August 07, 2005</announced> + <revised>August 07, 2005: 01</revised> + <bug>97175</bug> + <access>local</access> + <affected> + <package name="sys-cluster/heartbeat" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">1.2.3-r1</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">1.2.3-r1</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + Heartbeat is a component of the High-Availability Linux project. + It it used to perform death-of-node detection, communications and + cluster management. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + Eric Romang has discovered that Heartbeat insecurely creates + temporary files with predictable filenames. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p> + A local attacker could create symbolic links in the temporary file + directory, pointing to a valid file somewhere on the filesystem. When a + vulnerable script is executed, this could lead to the file being + overwritten with the rights of the user running the affected + application. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + There is no known workaround at this time. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All Heartbeat users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-cluster/heartbeat-1.2.3-r1"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-2231">CAN-2005-2231</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Fri, 05 Aug 2005 07:37:14 +0000"> + koon + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Fri, 05 Aug 2005 14:33:59 +0000"> + formula7 + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Fri, 05 Aug 2005 14:54:26 +0000"> + formula7 + </metadata> +</glsa> |