<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="200903-35"> <title>Muttprint: Insecure temporary file usage</title> <synopsis> An insecure temporary file usage in Muttprint allows for symlink attacks. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">muttprint</product> <announced>2009-03-23</announced> <revised count="01">2009-03-23</revised> <bug>250554</bug> <access>local</access> <affected> <package name="app-misc/muttprint" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">0.72d-r1</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">0.72d-r1</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p> Muttprint formats the output of mail clients to a good-looking printing using LaTeX. </p> </background> <description> <p> Dmitry E. Oboukhov reported an insecure usage of the temporary file "/tmp/muttprint.log" in the muttprint script. </p> </description> <impact type="normal"> <p> A local attacker could perform symlink attacks to overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running the application. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p> There is no known workaround at this time. </p> </workaround> <resolution> <p> All Muttprint users should upgrade to the latest version: </p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-misc/muttprint-0.72d-r1"</code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5368">CVE-2008-5368</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2009-03-22T20:25:26Z"> a3li </metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2009-03-22T21:59:17Z"> a3li </metadata> <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2009-03-22T21:59:46Z"> a3li </metadata> </glsa>