Debian: tkdiff fix insecure temporary file creation DSA-927-1
Summary
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------Debian Security Advisory DSA 927-1 security@debian.org http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze December 27th, 2005 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - --------------------------------------------------------------------------Package : tkdiff Vulnerability : insecure temporary file Problem type : local Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CVE-2005-3343 Javier Fern�ndez-Sanguino Pe�a from the Debian Security Audit project discovered that tkdiff, a graphical side by side "diff" utility, creates temporary files in an insecure fashion. For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 3.08-3woody0. For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 4.0.2-1sarge0. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 4.0.2-2. We recommend that you upgrade your tkdiff 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 3.0 alias woody - -------------------------------- Source archives: Size/MD5 checksum: 568 f331eee995b5ec3b5346b519c7147ee4 Size/MD5 checksum: 3685 f00859ddd284e8016728b5a1d00b6fdd Size/MD5 checksum: 63171 197e9bee9812a5698889c589efd9b1ee Architecture independent components: Size/MD5 checksum: 67308 7314490886f96610a31f71bc22513c7f Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 alias sarge - -------------------------------- Source archives: Size/MD5 checksum: 571 e54f2d9fcd23c386640502fbe119e2b0 Size/MD5 checksum: 3973 decabcedfbb5b9fc7dfa8a48b661b563 Size/MD5 checksum: 86258 c52f7d8d87ebe34fbba6b6bdf30f3c60 Architecture independent components: Size/MD5 checksum: 85468 c5fe0c83bfb827e2903a045767f03ded 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
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