F2C Multiple Local Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerabilities

BID:12380

Info

F2C Multiple Local Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID: 12380
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2005-0017
CVE-2005-0018
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Jan 27 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 12 2009 10:06AM
Credit: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña is credited with the discovery of this issue.
Vulnerable: f2c Fortran 77 Translator 1.3.1
+ Debian Linux 3.0 sparc
 + Debian Linux 3.0 s/390
 + Debian Linux 3.0 ppc
 + Debian Linux 3.0 mipsel
 + Debian Linux 3.0 mips
 + Debian Linux 3.0 m68k
 + Debian Linux 3.0 ia-64
 + Debian Linux 3.0 ia-32
 + Debian Linux 3.0 hppa
 + Debian Linux 3.0 arm
 + Debian Linux 3.0 alpha
 + Debian Linux 3.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

F2C Multiple Local Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerabilities

Multiple local insecure temporary file creation vulnerabilities affect f2c. These issues are due to a design error causing failure of the application to write to temporary files securely.

An attacker may leverage these issues to corrupt arbitrary files with the privileges of an unsuspecting user that executes the affected applications.

Exploit / POC

F2C Multiple Local Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerabilities

No exploit is required to leverage this issue.

Solution / Fix

F2C Multiple Local Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerabilities

Solution:
Debian Linux has released advisory DSA 661-1 along with fixes dealing with this issue. Please see the referenced advisory for more information.

Gentoo has released advisory GLSA 200501-43 to address these issues. Gentoo users may carry out the following commands to update their computers:

emerge --sync
emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/f2c-20030320-r1"

Please see the referenced Gentoo advisory for more information.

Debian has released a new advisory DSA 661-2 to address problems with the original fixes. The fixes did not properly correct the issue. Please see the referenced advisory for links to new fixes.


f2c Fortran 77 Translator 1.3.1

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F2C Multiple Local Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerabilities

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