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Bug 907935 (CVE-2023-34204) - net-mail/imapsync: insecure tmp directory usage
Summary: net-mail/imapsync: insecure tmp directory usage
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: CVE-2023-34204
Product: Gentoo Security
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Vulnerabilities (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal normal
Assignee: Gentoo Security
URL: https://github.com/imapsync/imapsync/...
Whiteboard: A3 [upstream]
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Reported: 2023-06-06 04:32 UTC by John Helmert III
Modified: 2023-06-06 04:32 UTC (History)
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Description John Helmert III archtester Gentoo Infrastructure gentoo-dev Security 2023-06-06 04:32:39 UTC 
CVE-2023-34204:

imapsync through 2.229 uses predictable paths under /tmp and /var/tmp in its default mode of operation. Both of these are typically world-writable, and thus (for example) an attacker can modify imapsync's cache and overwrite files belonging to the user who runs it.