- ------------------------------------------------------------------------Debian Security Advisory DSA-1676-1                security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/                           dann frazier
December 01, 2008                   http://www.debian.org/security/faq
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------Package        : flamethrower (0.1.8-1+etch1)
Vulnerability  : insecure temp file generation
Problem type   : local
Debian-specific: no
CVE Id(s)      : CVE-2008-5141
Debian Bug     : 506350

Dmitry E. Oboukhov discovered that flamethrower creates predictable temporary
filenames, which may lead to a local denial of service through a symlink
attack.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version
0.1.8-1+etch1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.1.8-2.

We recommend that you upgrade your flamethrower package.

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 4.0 alias etch
- -------------------------------Stable updates are available for alpha, amd64, arm, hppa, i386, ia64, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390 and sparc.

Source archives:

      Size/MD5 checksum:     3138 f6263743cb41f4f75ab9f4dbc76a71a5
      Size/MD5 checksum:    23485 04e1b6c5b4e72879e8aa69fcccb0491f
      Size/MD5 checksum:      598 4a880e477706f57bcfb806eb46a81922

Architecture independent packages:

      Size/MD5 checksum:    16880 fbc0c1b237503a9d88521b444e4319e0


  These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
  its next update.

- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------For apt-get: deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main
For dpkg-ftp:  dists/stable/updates/main
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org