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Vulnerability Bulletins


Creación insegura de ficheros temporales en texinfo

Vulnerability classification

Property Value
Confidence level Oficial
Impact Integridad
Dificulty Avanzado
Required attacker level Acceso remoto con cuenta

System information

Property Value
Affected manufacturer GNU/Linux
Affected software texinfo <= 4.8

Description

Se ha descubierto una vulnerabilidad en texinfo 4.8 y anteriores. La vulnerabilidad reside en que la aplicación crea ficheros temporales con nombres fácilmente predecibles.

Un atacante local podría sobrescribir ficheros arbitrarios, en los que la víctima que ejecuta texindex tenga permiso de escritura, mediante un ataque de enlace simbólico.

Solution



Actualización de software

Mandrake

Mandrakelinux 10.1
X86
ftp://ftp.ps.pl/mirrors/Mandrakelinux/official/updates/10.1/RPMS/info-4.7-2.1.101mdk.i586.rpm
ftp://ftp.ps.pl/mirrors/Mandrakelinux/official/updates/10.1/RPMS/info-install-4.7-2.1.101mdk.i586.rpm
ftp://ftp.ps.pl/mirrors/Mandrakelinux/official/updates/10.1/RPMS/texinfo-4.7-2.1.101mdk.i586.rpm
ftp://ftp.ps.pl/mirrors/Mandrakelinux/official/updates/10.1/SRPMS/texinfo-4.7-2.1.101mdk.src.rpm
X86_64
ftp://ftp.ps.pl/mirrors/Mandrakelinux/official/updates/x86_64/10.1/RPMS/info-4.7-2.1.101mdk.x86_64.rpm
ftp://ftp.ps.pl/mirrors/Mandrakelinux/official/updates/x86_64/10.1/RPMS/info-install-4.7-2.1.101mdk.x86_64.rpm
ftp://ftp.ps.pl/mirrors/Mandrakelinux/official/updates/x86_64/10.1/RPMS/texinfo-4.7-2.1.101mdk.x86_64.rpm
ftp://ftp.ps.pl/mirrors/Mandrakelinux/official/updates/x86_64/10.1/SRPMS/texinfo-4.7-2.1.101mdk.src.rpm

Corporate Server 2.1
X86
ftp://ftp.ps.pl/mirrors/Mandrakelinux/official/updates/corporate/2.1/RPMS/info-4.2-5.1.C21mdk.i586.rpm
ftp://ftp.ps.pl/mirrors/Mandrakelinux/official/updates/corporate/2.1/RPMS/info-install-4.2-5.1.C21mdk.i586.rpm
ftp://ftp.ps.pl/mirrors/Mandrakelinux/official/updates/corporate/2.1/RPMS/texinfo-4.2-5.1.C21mdk.i586.rpm
ftp://ftp.ps.pl/mirrors/Mandrakelinux/official/updates/corporate/2.1/SRPMS/texinfo-4.2-5.1.C21mdk.src.rpm
X86_64
ftp://ftp.ps.pl/mirrors/Mandrakelinux/official/updates/x86_64/corporate/2.1/RPMS/info-4.2-5.1.C21mdk.x86_64.rpm
ftp://ftp.ps.pl/mirrors/Mandrakelinux/official/updates/x86_64/corporate/2.1/RPMS/info-install-4.2-5.1.C21mdk.x86_64.rpm
ftp://ftp.ps.pl/mirrors/Mandrakelinux/official/updates/x86_64/corporate/2.1/RPMS/texinfo-4.2-5.1.C21mdk.x86_64.rpm
ftp://ftp.ps.pl/mirrors/Mandrakelinux/official/updates/x86_64/corporate/2.1/SRPMS/texinfo-4.2-5.1.C21mdk.src.rpm

Corporate Server 3.0
X86
ftp://ftp.ps.pl/mirrors/Mandrakelinux/official/updates/corporate/3.0/RPMS/info-4.6-1.1.C30mdk.i586.rpm
ftp://ftp.ps.pl/mirrors/Mandrakelinux/official/updates/corporate/3.0/RPMS/info-install-4.6-1.1.C30mdk.i586.rpm
ftp://ftp.ps.pl/mirrors/Mandrakelinux/official/updates/corporate/3.0/RPMS/texinfo-4.6-1.1.C30mdk.i586.rpm
ftp://ftp.ps.pl/mirrors/Mandrakelinux/official/updates/corporate/3.0/SRPMS/texinfo-4.6-1.1.C30mdk.src.rpm
X86_64
ftp://ftp.ps.pl/mirrors/Mandrakelinux/official/updates/x86_64/corporate/3.0/RPMS/info-4.6-1.1.C30mdk.x86_64.rpm
ftp://ftp.ps.pl/mirrors/Mandrakelinux/official/updates/x86_64/corporate/3.0/RPMS/info-install-4.6-1.1.C30mdk.x86_64.rpm
ftp://ftp.ps.pl/mirrors/Mandrakelinux/official/updates/x86_64/corporate/3.0/RPMS/texinfo-4.6-1.1.C30mdk.x86_64.rpm
ftp://ftp.ps.pl/mirrors/Mandrakelinux/official/updates/x86_64/corporate/3.0/SRPMS/texinfo-4.6-1.1.C30mdk.src.rpm

Mandrivalinux LE2005
X86
ftp://ftp.ps.pl/mirrors/Mandrakelinux/official/updates/10.2/RPMS/info-4.8-1.1.102mdk.i586.rpm
ftp://ftp.ps.pl/mirrors/Mandrakelinux/official/updates/10.2/RPMS/info-install-4.8-1.1.102mdk.i586.rpm
ftp://ftp.ps.pl/mirrors/Mandrakelinux/official/updates/10.2/RPMS/texinfo-4.8-1.1.102mdk.i586.rpm
ftp://ftp.ps.pl/mirrors/Mandrakelinux/official/updates/10.2/SRPMS/texinfo-4.8-1.1.102mdk.src.rpm
X86_64
ftp://ftp.ps.pl/mirrors/Mandrakelinux/official/updates/x86_64/10.2/RPMS/info-4.8-1.1.102mdk.x86_64.rpm
ftp://ftp.ps.pl/mirrors/Mandrakelinux/official/updates/x86_64/10.2/RPMS/info-install-4.8-1.1.102mdk.x86_64.rpm
ftp://ftp.ps.pl/mirrors/Mandrakelinux/official/updates/x86_64/10.2/RPMS/texinfo-4.8-1.1.102mdk.x86_64.rpm
ftp://ftp.ps.pl/mirrors/Mandrakelinux/official/updates/x86_64/10.2/SRPMS/texinfo-4.8-1.1.102mdk.src.rpm

Mandrivalinux 2006
X86
ftp://ftp.ps.pl/mirrors/Mandrakelinux/official/updates/2006.0/RPMS/info-4.8-1.1.20060mdk.i586.rpm
ftp://ftp.ps.pl/mirrors/Mandrakelinux/official/updates/2006.0/RPMS/info-install-4.8-1.1.20060mdk.i586.rpm
ftp://ftp.ps.pl/mirrors/Mandrakelinux/official/updates/2006.0/RPMS/texinfo-4.8-1.1.20060mdk.i586.rpm
ftp://ftp.ps.pl/mirrors/Mandrakelinux/official/updates/2006.0/SRPMS/texinfo-4.8-1.1.20060mdk.src.rpm
X86_64
ftp://ftp.ps.pl/mirrors/Mandrakelinux/official/updates/x86_64/2006.0/RPMS/info-4.8-1.1.20060mdk.x86_64.rpm
ftp://ftp.ps.pl/mirrors/Mandrakelinux/official/updates/x86_64/2006.0/RPMS/info-install-4.8-1.1.20060mdk.x86_64.rpm
ftp://ftp.ps.pl/mirrors/Mandrakelinux/official/updates/x86_64/2006.0/RPMS/texinfo-4.8-1.1.20060mdk.x86_64.rpm
ftp://ftp.ps.pl/mirrors/Mandrakelinux/official/updates/x86_64/2006.0/SRPMS/texinfo-4.8-1.1.20060mdk.src.rpm

FreeBSD
FreeBSD 4.x, 5.x
ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/patches/SA-06:01/texindex5x.patch
FreeBSD 6.x
ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/patches/SA-06:01/texindex.patch

Standar resources

Property Value
CVE CAN-2005-3011
BID

Other resources

Mandriva Security Advisory (MDKSA-2005:175)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:175

FreeBSD Security Advisory (FreeBSD-SA-06:01.texindex)
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:01.texindex.asc

Version history

Version Comments Date
1.0 Aviso emitido 2005-10-14
1.1 Aviso emitido por FreeBSD (FreeBSD-SA-06:01.texindex) 2006-01-12
Ministerio de Defensa
CNI
CCN
CCN-CERT