Security
Security
A vulnerability has been discovered in po4a, allowing for a symlink attack.
| Package | app-text/po4a on all architectures |
|---|---|
| Affected versions | < 0.32-r1 |
| Unaffected versions | >= 0.32-r1 |
po4a is a set of tools for helping with the translation of documentation.
The po4a development team reported a race condition in the gettextize() function when creating the file "/tmp/gettextization.failed.po".
A local attacker could perform a symlink attack, possibly overwriting files with the permissions of the user running po4a.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All po4a users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/po4a-0.32-r1"
Release date
September 13, 2007
Latest revision
September 13, 2007: 01
Severity
normal
Exploitable
local
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