<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="200710-05"> <title>QGit: Insecure temporary file creation</title> <synopsis> A vulnerability has been discovered in QGit allowing local users to overwrite arbitrary files and execute arbitrary code with another user's rights. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">qgit</product> <announced>2007-10-07</announced> <revised count="01">2007-10-07</revised> <bug>190697</bug> <access>local</access> <affected> <package name="dev-util/qgit" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">1.5.7</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">1.5.7</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p> QGit is a graphical interface to git repositories that allows you to browse revisions history, view patch content and changed files. </p> </background> <description> <p> Raphael Marichez discovered that the DataLoader::doStart() method creates temporary files in an insecure manner and executes them. </p> </description> <impact type="normal"> <p> A local attacker could perform a symlink attack, possibly overwriting files or executing arbitrary code with the rights of the user running QGit. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p> There is no known workaround at this time. </p> </workaround> <resolution> <p> All QGit users should upgrade to the latest version: </p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-util/qgit-1.5.7"</code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2007-4631">CVE-2007-4631</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2007-09-24T08:55:56Z"> p-y </metadata> <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2007-09-24T08:56:46Z"> p-y </metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2007-10-07T18:55:10Z"> rbu </metadata> </glsa>