[ GLSA 200712-11 ] Portage: Information disclosure

[Pierre-Yves Rofes <py () gentoo org>]

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200712-11
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  Severity: Normal
     Title: Portage: Information disclosure
      Date: December 13, 2007
      Bugs: #193589
        ID: 200712-11

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Synopsis
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Portage may disclose sensitive information when updating configuration
files.

Background
==========

Portage is the default Gentoo package management system.

Affected packages
=================

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     Package           /  Vulnerable  /                     Unaffected
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  1  sys-apps/portage     < 2.1.3.11                       >= 2.1.3.11

Description
===========

Mike Frysinger reported that the "etc-update" utility uses temporary
files with the standard umask, which results in the files being
world-readable when merging configuration files in a default setup.

Impact
======

A local attacker could access sensitive information when configuration
files are being merged.

Workaround
==========

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All Portage users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-apps/portage-2.1.3.11"

References
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  [ 1 ] CVE-2007-6249
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6249

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

  http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-11.xml

Concerns?
=========

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security () gentoo org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2007 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
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