<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="200909-11"> <title>GCC-XML: Insecure temporary file usage</title> <synopsis> An insecure temporary file usage has been reported in GCC-XML allowing for symlink attacks. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">gccxml</product> <announced>September 09, 2009</announced> <revised>September 09, 2009: 01</revised> <bug>245765</bug> <access>local</access> <affected> <package name="dev-cpp/gccxml" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">0.9.0_pre20090516</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">0.9.0_pre20090516</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p> GCC-XML is an XML output extension to the C++ front-end of GCC. </p> </background> <description> <p> Dmitry E. Oboukhov reported that find_flags in GCC-XML does not handle "/tmp/*.cxx" temporary files securely. </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 GCC-XML users should upgrade to the latest version: </p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-cpp/gccxml-0.9.0_pre20090516"</code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4957">CVE-2008-4957</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Mon, 25 May 2009 20:39:27 +0000"> rbu </metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Fri, 28 Aug 2009 08:04:45 +0000"> a3li </metadata> <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Mon, 31 Aug 2009 03:38:17 +0000"> a3li </metadata> </glsa>