159501 – net-p2p/xmule: ebuilds using /tmp insecurely

Bug 159501 - net-p2p/xmule: ebuilds using /tmp insecurely

Summary: net-p2p/xmule: ebuilds using /tmp insecurely

Status:	RESOLVED INVALID

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Security
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Vulnerabilities (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Security

URL:
Whiteboard:
Keywords:

Depends on:
Blocks:	159503
	Show dependency tree

Reported:	2006-12-30 12:36 UTC by Tavis Ormandy (RETIRED)
Modified:	2006-12-30 12:52 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

See Also:
Package list:
Runtime testing required:	---

Attachments
Add an attachment (proposed patch, testcase, etc.)

Note You need to log in before you can comment on or make changes to this bug.

Description Tavis Ormandy (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2006-12-30 12:36:31 UTC

The xmule ebuilds instructs the configure script to look in /tmp/zlib. This is a security problem, and allows unprivileged users to subvert the build process.

Please update the ebuilds to use ${T}/zlib or similar.

Comment 1 Tavis Ormandy (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2006-12-30 12:52:19 UTC

oops, its p.masked, so marking INVALID.