From: Robert Buchholz <rbu@gentoo.org.>
To: gentoo-announce@gentoo.org
Subject: [ GLSA 200903-05 ] PDFjam: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2009 17:22:51 +0100
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200903-05
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Severity: Normal
Title: PDFjam: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: March 07, 2009
Bugs: #252734
ID: 200903-05
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Synopsis
========
Multiple vulnerabilities in the PDFjam scripts allow for local
privilege escalation.
Background
==========
PDFjam is a small collection of shell scripts to edit PDF documents,
including pdfnup, pdfjoin and pdf90.
Affected packages
=================
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 app-text/pdfjam < 1.20-r1 >= 1.20-r1
Description
===========
* Martin Vaeth reported multiple untrusted search path
vulnerabilities (CVE-2008-5843).
* Marcus Meissner of the SUSE Security Team reported that temporary
files are created with a predictable name (CVE-2008-5743).
Impact
======
A local attacker could place a specially crafted Python module in the
current working directory or the /var/tmp directory, and entice a user
to run the PDFjam scripts, leading to the execution of arbitrary code
with the privileges of the user running the application. A local
attacker could also leverage symlink attacks to overwrite arbitrary
files.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All PDFjam users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/pdfjam-1.20-r1"
References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2008-5843
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5843
[ 2 ] CVE-2008-5743
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5743
Availability
============
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-05.xml
Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
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Copyright 2009 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
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