CVE-2008-1687 (http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2008-1687): The (1) maketemp and (2) mkstemp builtin functions in GNU m4 before 1.4.11 do not quote their output when a file is created, which might allow context-dependent attackers to trigger a macro expansion, leading to unspecified use of an incorrect filename. CVE-2008-1688 (http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2008-1688): Unspecified vulnerability in GNU m4 before 1.4.11 might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code, related to improper handling of filenames specified with the -F option. NOTE: it is not clear when this issue crosses privilege boundaries.
CVE-2008-1687 http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=m4.git;a=commit;h=5345bb49077bfda9fabd048e563f9e7077fe335d CVE-2008-1688 http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=m4.git;a=commit;h=035998112737e52cb229e342913ef404e5a51040 There have been concerns whether these would qualify for security vulnerabilities: * For CVE-2008-1687, it requires that mkstemp will create a filename that matches a macro. An attacker could not influence that name, so it would lead to unspecified behaviour, which might lead to a vulnerability. * For CVE-2008-1688, see the note on the CVE description. We might want to go stable with 1.4.11 anyway, but I would consider this a low priority. base-system, what do you think? Also, is 1.4.11 good to go?
stabilizing m4-1.4.11 should be fine
Arches, please test and mark stable: =sys-devel/m4-1.4.11 Target keywords : "alpha amd64 arm hppa ia64 m68k ppc ppc64 release s390 sh sparc x86"
alpha/ia64/sparc/x86 stable
amd64 stable
ppc64 stable
test-strtod.c:667: assertion failed test-strtod.c:668: assertion failed test-strtod.c:688: assertion failed test-strtod.c:717: assertion failed test-strtod.c:718: assertion failed FAIL: test-strtod Lines 667 and 668: # if 0 /* Sign bits of NaN is a portability sticking point, not worth worrying about. */ ASSERT (!!signbit (result1) != !!signbit (result2)); /* glibc-2.3.6, IRIX 6. 5, OSF/1 5.1, mingw */ # endif ASSERT (ptr1 == input + 6); /* glibc-2.3.6, MacOS X 10.3, FreeBSD 6. 2, OpenBSD 4.0, AIX 5.1, HP-UX 11.11, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, mingw */ ASSERT (ptr2 == input + 6); /* glibc-2.3.6, MacOS X 10.3, FreeBSD 6. 2, OpenBSD 4.0, AIX 5.1, HP-UX 11.11, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, mingw */ Line 688: ASSERT (ptr == input + 6); /* glibc-2.3.6, MacOS X 10.3, FreeBSD 6.2, OpenBSD 4.0, AIX 5.1, HP-UX 11.11, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, mingw */ Lines 717 and 718: # if 0 /* Sign bits of NaN is a portability sticking point, not worth worrying about. */ ASSERT (!!signbit (result1) != !!signbit (result2)); /* glibc-2.3.6, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, mingw */ # endif ASSERT (ptr1 == input + 7); /* glibc-2.3.6, OpenBSD 4.0, AIX 5.1, HP-UX 11.11, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, mingw */ ASSERT (ptr2 == input + 7); /* glibc-2.3.6, OpenBSD 4.0, AIX 5.1, HP-UX 11.11, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, mingw */ It says not to worry, but then you find yourself doing it anyway. Any comments from base-system? 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ppc stable
that isnt a bug in m4, so it should be fine to stabilize
(In reply to comment #9) > that isnt a bug in m4, so it should be fine to stabilize OK. Want a new bug for that? Oh, and after tests, it of course wouldn't ever do make check through src_test() this way... Stable for HPPA.
GLSA vote: I vote NO based on the fact that the vulnerabilities are probably not exploitable, see comment 2.
no too, and closing.
Fixed in release snapshot.
