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Bug 159501

Summary: net-p2p/xmule: ebuilds using /tmp insecurely
Product: Gentoo Security Reporter: Tavis Ormandy (RETIRED) <taviso>
Component: VulnerabilitiesAssignee: Gentoo Security <security>
Status: RESOLVED INVALID    
Severity: normal CC: net-p2p
Priority: High    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
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Runtime testing required: ---
Bug Depends on:    
Bug Blocks: 159503    

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.