[Full-disclosure] [ GLSA 200611-23 ] Mono: Insecure temporary file creation

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200611-23
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Severity: Normal
Title: Mono: Insecure temporary file creation
Date: November 28, 2006
Bugs: #150264
ID: 200611-23

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Synopsis
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Mono is vulnerable to linking attacks, potentially allowing a local
user to overwrite arbitrary files.

Background
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Mono provides the necessary software to develop and run .NET client and
server applications.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 dev-lang/mono < 1.1.13.8.1 >= 1.1.13.8.1

Description
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Sebastian Krahmer of the SuSE Security Team discovered that the
System.CodeDom.Compiler classes of Mono create temporary files with
insecure permissions.

Impact
======

A local attacker could create links in the temporary file directory,
pointing to a valid file somewhere on the filesystem. When an affected
class is called, this could result in the file being overwritten with
the rights of the user running the script.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All Mono users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/mono-1.1.13.8.1"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2006-5072
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-5072

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-200611-23.xml

Concerns?
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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@xxxxxxxxxx or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2006 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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