GLSA 201310-11: Perl Parallel-ForkManager Module: Insecure temporary file usage

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Severity:	normal
Title:	Perl Parallel-ForkManager Module: Insecure temporary file usage
Date:	10/17/2013
Bugs:	#389839
ID:	201310-11

Synopsis

An insecure temporary file usage has been reported in the Perl Parallel-ForkManager module, possibly allowing symlink attacks.

Background

Parallel-ForkManager is a simple parallel processing fork manager for Perl.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
dev-perl/Parallel-ForkManager	< 1.20.0	>= 1.20.0	All supported architectures

Description

The Perl Parallel-ForkManager module does not handle temporary files securely.

Impact

A local attacker could perform symlink attacks to overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running the application.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Parallel-ForkManager users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
      ">=dev-perl/Parallel-ForkManager-1.20.0"

References

CVE-2011-4115

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201310-11.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@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.