mirrorselect before 0.89 creates temporary files in a world-writable location with predictable file names, which allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mirrorselect | Gentoo | 0.80 (including) | 0.80 (including) |
| Mirrorselect | Gentoo | 0.81 (including) | 0.81 (including) |
| Mirrorselect | Gentoo | 0.82 (including) | 0.82 (including) |
| Mirrorselect | Gentoo | 0.83 (including) | 0.83 (including) |
| Mirrorselect | Gentoo | 0.84 (including) | 0.84 (including) |
| Mirrorselect | Gentoo | 0.85 (including) | 0.85 (including) |
| Mirrorselect | Gentoo | 0.86 (including) | 0.86 (including) |
| Mirrorselect | Gentoo | 0.87 (including) | 0.87 (including) |
| Mirrorselect | Gentoo | 0.88 (including) | 0.88 (including) |
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/13392/
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200412-05.xml
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18382
- http://secunia.com/advisories/13392/
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200412-05.xml
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18382