Bug 104565 – app-admin/gtkdiskfree <= 1.9.3 unsecure tmp file creation

• Product: Gentoo Security
• Status: RESOLVED FIXED

[Description Romang 2005-09-02 02:16:40 UTC]

Hello,

Take a look at : src/mount.h

23 #define TUBE_NAME                "/tmp/gtkdiskfree"

Then to : src/mount.c

32 open_cmd_tube (const gchar *cmd, const gchar *mount_point)
33 {
34         gint status;
35         gchar error[MAXLINE], *line;
36         FILE *sh, *tmp;
37 
38         setbuf(stdout, error);
39         line = g_strconcat(cmd, " ", mount_point, " &> ", TUBE_NAME, NULL);
40         sh = popen(line, "r");
41         g_free(line);
42         
43         status = pclose(sh);
44         
45         if (status == 0) {
46                 remove(TUBE_NAME);
47                 gui_list_main_update(GTK_TREE_VIEW(list_treeview));
48                 
49                 return;
50         } else {
51                 if ((tmp = fopen(TUBE_NAME, "r")) == NULL) {
52                         gui_list_main_update(GTK_TREE_VIEW(list_treeview));
53                         
54                         return;
55                 }          
56                 if (fgets(error, MAXLINE-1, tmp) == NULL) {
57                         fclose(tmp);
58                         remove(TUBE_NAME);
59                         gui_list_main_update(GTK_TREE_VIEW(list_treeview));
60                            
61                         return;
62                 }
63                 fclose(tmp);
64                 remove(TUBE_NAME);
65                 error_window(error);
66         }
67         gui_list_main_update(GTK_TREE_VIEW(list_treeview));
68 
69         return;
70 }

Regards

[Comment 1 Tavis Ormandy (RETIRED) 2005-09-02 05:12:37 UTC]

Yes, obvious bug.

He doesnt need a temp file to do that, popen returns a stream anyway, suggested 
quick fix attached.

[Comment 2 Tavis Ormandy (RETIRED) 2005-09-02 05:12:58 UTC]

Created attachment 67471 [details, diff]
temp file fix

[Comment 3 Thierry Carrez (RETIRED) 2005-09-03 02:43:18 UTC]

Let us know when upstream is aware.

[Comment 4 Romang 2005-09-05 00:50:12 UTC]

Hello,

Upstream seems to be down.

http://gtkdiskfree.tuxfamily.org/
or
http://gtkdiskfree.sourceforge.net/

Regards.

[Comment 5 Romang 2005-09-05 00:53:22 UTC]

Hello,

Email sends to [e-mail]

Regards.

[Comment 6 Thierry Carrez (RETIRED) 2005-09-07 07:36:14 UTC]

Pulling in maintainer:
Daniel, this is still non-public. Since upstream is dead, would you be in favor
of patching or removing ?

[Comment 7 Romang 2005-09-15 00:22:49 UTC]

Hello,

Released the 15/09/2005

You can open the bug.

Thxs for your time and help.

Regards.

[Comment 8 Sune Kloppenborg Jeppesen (RETIRED) 2005-09-15 00:27:15 UTC]

Opening 

[Comment 9 Thierry Carrez (RETIRED) 2005-09-15 06:56:50 UTC]

morfic, your opinion ?

[Comment 10 SpanKY 2005-09-15 15:23:53 UTC]

at a glance the patch looks good to me

[Comment 11 Thierry Carrez (RETIRED) 2005-09-17 05:50:12 UTC]

Not worth masking the package... Let's patch it, if we can find someone to do
it... vapier: feel like it ?

[Comment 12 SpanKY 2005-09-28 17:27:00 UTC]

1.9.3-r1 now in portage

[Comment 13 Thierry Carrez (RETIRED) 2005-09-29 00:41:39 UTC]

Archs, please test and mark stable...

[Comment 14 Michael Hanselmann (hansmi) (RETIRED) 2005-09-29 08:43:07 UTC]

Stable on ppc.

[Comment 15 Thierry Carrez (RETIRED) 2005-09-30 01:01:05 UTC]

This is CAN-2005-2918

[Comment 16 Markus Rothe (RETIRED) 2005-09-30 11:17:21 UTC]

stable on ppc64

[Comment 17 Paul Varner (RETIRED) 2005-09-30 12:56:56 UTC]

stable on x86

[Comment 18 Simon Stelling (RETIRED) 2005-09-30 12:59:16 UTC]

stable on amd64

[Comment 19 Thierry Carrez (RETIRED) 2005-09-30 13:45:08 UTC]

Ready for GLSA vote

[Comment 20 Thierry Carrez (RETIRED) 2005-10-01 03:38:35 UTC]

I tend to vote yes.

[Comment 21 Sune Kloppenborg Jeppesen (RETIRED) 2005-10-02 10:09:00 UTC]

I tend to vote NO. 

[Comment 22 Tavis Ormandy (RETIRED) 2005-10-02 10:44:54 UTC]

I would vote YES, as it's so easy to exploit.

[Comment 23 Thierry Carrez (RETIRED) 2005-10-02 11:06:46 UTC]

Let there be a GLSA.

[Comment 24 Thierry Carrez (RETIRED) 2005-10-03 09:02:51 UTC]

GLSA 200510-01