-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 633-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. https://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze January 11th, 2005 https://www.debian.org/security/faq -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : bmv Vulnerability : insecure temporary file Problem-Type : local Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CAN-2003-0014 Peter Samuelson, upstream maintainer of bmv, a PostScript viewer for SVGAlib, discovered that temporary files are created in an insecure fashion. A malicious local user could cause arbitrary files to be overwritten by a symlink attack. For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.2-14.2. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 1.2-17. We recommend that you upgrade your bmv packages. Upgrade Instructions -------------------- wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file. If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for sources.list as given below: apt-get update will update the internal database apt-get upgrade will install corrected packages You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the footer to the proper configuration. Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody -------------------------------- Source archives: https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/bmv/bmv_1.2-14.2.dsc Size/MD5 checksum: 565 7b056960fafe4fca7c72083788cf5844 https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/bmv/bmv_1.2-14.2.diff.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 11811 ab4e7218ce67de842d3a78e1c8e11caf https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/bmv/bmv_1.2.orig.tar.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 50755 40c881800edac6b1d2ce75ea8da6e6b4 Intel IA-32 architecture: https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/bmv/bmv_1.2-14.2_i386.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 21762 b625704138829c0dcd96a25e0a7f365b These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on its next revision. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For apt-get: deb https://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main For dpkg-ftp: ftp://security.debian.org/debian-security dists/stable/updates/main Mailing list: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Package info: `apt-cache show' and https://packages.debian.org/
Debian: bmv insecure temporary file creation fix
Peter Samuelson, upstream maintainer of bmv, a PostScript viewer for SVGAlib, discovered that temporary files are created in an insecure fashion. A malicious local user could cause arbitrary files to be overwritten by a symlink attack.
