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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
+<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+
+<glsa id="200703-20">
+ <title>LSAT: Insecure temporary file creation</title>
+ <synopsis>
+ LSAT insecurely creates temporary files which can lead to symlink attacks
+ allowing a local user to overwrite arbitrary files.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">lsat</product>
+ <announced>March 18, 2007</announced>
+ <revised>May 11, 2007: 02</revised>
+ <bug>159542</bug>
+ <access>local</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="app-admin/lsat" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">0.9.5</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">0.9.5</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>
+ The Linux Security Auditing Tool (LSAT) is a post install security
+ auditor which checks many system configurations and local network
+ settings on the system for common security or configuration errors and
+ for packages that are not needed.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>
+ LSAT insecurely writes in /tmp with a predictable filename.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="low">
+ <p>
+ A local attacker could create symbolic links in the temporary files
+ directory, pointing to a valid file somewhere on the filesystem. When
+ the LSAT script is executed, this would result in the file being
+ overwritten with the rights of the user running the software, which
+ could be the root user.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>
+ There is no known workaround at this time.
+ </p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>
+ All lsat users should upgrade to the latest version:
+ </p>
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=app-admin/lsat-0.9.5&quot;</code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-1500">CVE-2007-1500</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Thu, 15 Mar 2007 22:15:51 +0000">
+ falco
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Fri, 16 Mar 2007 10:34:49 +0000">
+ falco
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Fri, 16 Mar 2007 11:42:45 +0000">
+ vorlon
+ </metadata>
+</glsa>