Bug 237481 (CVE-2008-3928)

Summary:	net-analyzer/honeyd < 1.5c-r1 test.sh insecure temporary file creation (CVE-2008-3928)
Product:	Gentoo Security	Reporter:	Robert Buchholz (RETIRED) <rbu>
Component:	Vulnerabilities	Assignee:	Gentoo Security <security>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	minor	CC:	netmon
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:	B3? [glsa]
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Bug Depends on:
Bug Blocks:	235770

Description Robert Buchholz (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-09-12 13:58:44 UTC

CVE-2008-3928 (http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2008-3928):
  test.sh in Honeyd 1.5c might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary
  files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

Comment 1 Peter Volkov (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-09-15 17:28:55 UTC

I've commited honeyd-1.5c-r1 which should fix this issue. The patch was taken from debian and basically it makes test.sh use /var/log instead of /tmp for log files. Please review and CC arch teams if everything is correct.

Comment 2 Robert Buchholz (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-09-19 15:41:04 UTC

Arches, please test and mark stable:
=net-analyzer/honeyd-1.5c-r1
Target keywords : "amd64 sparc x86"

Comment 3 Markus Meier gentoo-dev

2008-09-20 13:02:26 UTC

amd64/x86 stable

Comment 4 Raúl Porcel (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-09-20 13:47:52 UTC

sparc stable, closing

Comment 5 Raúl Porcel (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-09-20 14:45:32 UTC

D'oh, sorry

Comment 6 Pierre-Yves Rofes (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-09-25 18:27:41 UTC

time for glsa decision, I vote yes.

Comment 7 Tobias Heinlein (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-10-18 20:31:39 UTC

YES too, request filed.

Comment 8 Tobias Heinlein (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-12-13 13:38:19 UTC

GLSA 200812-12, thanks everyone, sorry about the "delay".