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From: fw@deneb.enyo.de
To: gcc-gnats@gcc.gnu.org
Subject: ada/5903: Buffer overflow in temporary file creation
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2002 01:46:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20020310093649.27152.qmail@sources.redhat.com> (raw)


>Number:         5903
>Category:       ada
>Synopsis:       Buffer overflow in temporary file creation
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    unassigned
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Mar 10 01:46:00 PST 2002
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     fw@deneb.enyo.de
>Release:        3.1 20020308 (prerelease), 3.2 20020308 (experimental)
>Organization:
>Environment:
i686-pc-linux-gnu
>Description:
There is a buffer overflow bug in adaint.c:__gnat_tmp_name() (inside the #ifdef linux).

This bug could lead to unsafe setuid/setgid programs on GNU/Linux systems.
>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:
Limit the length of the string copied from the TMPDIR environment variable.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:


             reply	other threads:[~2002-03-10  9:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-03-10  1:46 fw [this message]
2003-05-10 21:36 Dara Hazeghi
2003-05-12  0:26 Dara Hazeghi

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