<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="200801-03"> <title>Claws Mail: Insecure temporary file creation</title> <synopsis> Claws Mail uses temporary files in an insecure manner, allowing for a symlink attack. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">claws-mail</product> <announced>2008-01-09</announced> <revised count="01">2008-01-09</revised> <bug>201244</bug> <access>local</access> <affected> <package name="mail-client/claws-mail" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">3.0.2-r1</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">3.0.2-r1</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p> Claws Mail is a GTK based e-mail client. </p> </background> <description> <p> Nico Golde from Debian reported that the sylprint.pl script that is part of the Claws Mail tools creates temporary files in an insecure manner. </p> </description> <impact type="normal"> <p> A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to conduct symlink attacks to overwrite files with the privileges of the user running Claws Mail. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p> There is no known workaround at this time. </p> </workaround> <resolution> <p> All Claws Mail users should upgrade to the latest version: </p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-client/claws-mail-3.0.2-r1"</code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6208">CVE-2007-6208</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2008-01-06T23:01:06Z"> rbu </metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2008-01-08T23:07:07Z"> p-y </metadata> <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2008-01-08T23:07:18Z"> p-y </metadata> </glsa>