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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="200602-14">
+ <title>noweb: Insecure temporary file creation</title>
+ <synopsis>
+ noweb is vulnerable to symlink attacks, potentially allowing a local user
+ to overwrite arbitrary files.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">noweb</product>
+ <announced>2006-02-26</announced>
+ <revised count="01">2006-02-26</revised>
+ <bug>122705</bug>
+ <access>local</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="app-text/noweb" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">2.9-r5</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">2.9-r5</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>
+ noweb is a simple, extensible, and language independent literate
+ programming tool.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>
+ Javier Fernandez-Sanguino has discovered that the lib/toascii.nw
+ and shell/roff.mm scripts insecurely create 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
+ an affected script is called, this would result in the file being
+ overwritten with the rights of the user running the script.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>
+ There is no known workaround at this time.
+ </p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>
+ All noweb users should upgrade to the latest version:
+ </p>
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=app-text/noweb-2.9-r5"</code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-3342">CVE-2005-3342</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2006-02-23T20:08:48Z">
+ DerCorny
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2006-02-23T20:09:04Z">
+ DerCorny
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2006-02-24T14:44:04Z">
+ formula7
+ </metadata>
+</glsa>