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Debian: DSA-4365-1 Privilege Escalation in Tmpreaper Security Advisory

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Calendar Grey January 10, 2019
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Uncover tmpreaper's vulnerability that facilitates unauthorized privilege elevation. Necessary updates for Debian stretch.
Stephen Roettger discovered a race condition in tmpreaper, a program that cleans up files in directories based on their age, which could result in local privilege escalation

Summary

Stephen Roettger discovered a race condition in tmpreaper, a program that
cleans up files in directories based on their age, which could result in
local privilege escalation.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.6.13+nmu1+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your tmpreaper packages.

For the detailed security status of tmpreaper please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/tmpreaper

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/



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Package: tmpreaper
CVE ID: CVE-2019-3461

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