full-disclosure - [ GLSA 200903-05 ] PDFjam: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Message-Id: <200903071722.54251.rbu@gentoo.org>
Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2009 17:22:51 +0100
From: Robert Buchholz <rbu@...too.org>
To: gentoo-announce@...too.org
Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk, bugtraq@...urityfocus.com,
	security-alerts@...uxsecurity.com
Subject: [ GLSA 200903-05 ] PDFjam: Multiple
	vulnerabilities

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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
==========

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
==========

All PDFjam users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/pdfjam-1.20-r1"

References
==========

  [ 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?
=========

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@...too.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
=======

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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