<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="200803-23"> <title>Website META Language: Insecure temporary file usage</title> <synopsis> Multiple insecure temporary file vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Website META Language. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">wml</product> <announced>2008-03-15</announced> <revised count="01">2008-03-15</revised> <bug>209927</bug> <access>local</access> <affected> <package name="dev-lang/wml" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">2.0.11-r3</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">2.0.11-r3</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p> Website META Language is a free and extensible Webdesigner's off-line HTML generation toolkit for Unix. </p> </background> <description> <p> Temporary files are handled insecurely in the files wml_backend/p1_ipp/ipp.src, wml_contrib/wmg.cgi, and wml_backend/p3_eperl/eperl_sys.c, allowing users to overwrite or delete arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running the program. </p> </description> <impact type="normal"> <p> Local users can exploit the insecure temporary file vulnerabilities via symlink attacks to perform certain actions with escalated privileges. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p> Restrict access to the temporary directory to trusted users only. </p> </workaround> <resolution> <p> All Website META Language users should upgrade to the latest version: </p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/wml-2.0.11-r3"</code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0665">CVE-2008-0665</uri> <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0666">CVE-2008-0666</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2008-03-11T22:05:35Z"> p-y </metadata> <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2008-03-11T22:05:48Z"> p-y </metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2008-03-15T20:18:51Z"> mfleming </metadata> </glsa>