<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="200712-01"> <title>Hugin: Insecure temporary file creation</title> <synopsis> A vulnerability has been discovered in Hugin, potentially allowing for a Denial of Service. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">hugin</product> <announced>2007-12-05</announced> <revised count="01">2007-12-05</revised> <bug>195996</bug> <access>local</access> <affected> <package name="media-gfx/hugin" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="rge">0.6.1-r1</unaffected> <unaffected range="ge">0.7_beta4-r1</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">0.7_beta4-r1</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p> Hugin is a GUI for creating and processing panoramic images. </p> </background> <description> <p> Suse Linux reported that Hugin creates the "hugin_debug_optim_results.txt" temporary file in an insecure manner. </p> </description> <impact type="normal"> <p> A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability with a symlink attack, potentially overwriting an arbitrary file with the privileges of the user running the application. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p> There is no known workaround at this time. </p> </workaround> <resolution> <p> All Hugin users should upgrade to the latest version: </p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-gfx/hugin-0.6.1-r1"</code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5200">CVE-2007-5200</uri> </references> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2007-11-17T23:47:03Z"> p-y </metadata> <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2007-11-17T23:47:10Z"> p-y </metadata> </glsa>