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[gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201310-11 ] Perl Parallel-ForkManager Module: Insecure temporary

Posted on 17 October 2013
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201310-11
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: Perl Parallel-ForkManager Module: Insecure temporary file
usage
Date: October 17, 2013
Bugs: #389839
ID: 201310-11

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Synopsis
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An insecure temporary file usage has been reported in the Perl
Parallel-ForkManager module, possibly allowing symlink attacks.

Background
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Parallel-ForkManager is a simple parallel processing fork manager for
Perl.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 dev-perl/Parallel-ForkManager
< 1.20.0 >= 1.20.0

Description
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The Perl Parallel-ForkManager module does not handle temporary files
securely.

Impact
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A local attacker could perform symlink attacks to overwrite arbitrary
files with the privileges of the user running the application.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All Parallel-ForkManager users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=dev-perl/Parallel-ForkManager-1.20.0"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2011-4115
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-4115

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-201310-11.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@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2013 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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