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[ GLSA 200712-11 ] Portage: Information disclosure

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200712-11


                                        http://security.gentoo.org/

Severity: Normal
Title: Portage: Information disclosure
Date: December 13, 2007
Bugs: #193589
ID: 200712-11


Synopsis

Portage may disclose sensitive information when updating configuration
files.

Background

Portage is the default Gentoo package management system.

Affected packages

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 Package           /  Vulnerable  /                     Unaffected
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1 sys-apps/portage < 2.1.3.11 >= 2.1.3.11

Description

Mike Frysinger reported that the "etc-update" utility uses temporary
files with the standard umask, which results in the files being
world-readable when merging configuration files in a default setup.

Impact

A local attacker could access sensitive information when configuration
files are being merged.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Portage users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=sys-apps/portage-2.1.3.11&quot;

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2007-6249
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6249

Availability

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

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-11.xml

Concerns?

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
[email protected] or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License

Copyright 2007 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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