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GForge Insecure Temporary Files
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA27586
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Release Date:
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2007-11-08
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Last Update:
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2008-05-16
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Manipulation of data
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Workaround
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| Software: | GForge 3.x
GForge 4.x
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| | CVE reference: | CVE-2007-3921 (Secunia mirror)
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Description:
Steve Kemp has reported a security issue in GForge, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to truncate arbitrary files.
The security issue is caused due to temporary files being handled in an insecure manner. This can be exploited via symlink attacks to truncate files with the privileges of the "gforge" user.
The security issue is reported in version 4.5.14. Other versions may also be affected.
Solution:
Fixed in the SVN repository.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Steve Kemp, Debian Security Audit Project
Changelog:
2008-05-16: Updated "Solution" section.
Original Advisory:
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1402
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