Debian Security Advisory DSA 460-1                     security@debian.org 
Debian -- Security Information                              Matt Zimmerman
March 10th, 2004                         Debian -- Debian security FAQ 
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Package        : sysstat
Vulnerability  : insecure temporary file
Problem-Type   : local
Debian-specific: no
CVE Ids        : CAN-2004-0108

Alan Cox discovered that the isag utility (which graphically displays
data collected by the sysstat tools), creates a temporary file without
taking proper precautions.  This vulnerability could allow a local
attacker to overwrite files with the privileges of the user invoking
isag.

For the current stable distribution (woody) this problem has been
fixed in version 5.0.1-1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed soon.

We recommend that you update your sysstat package.

Upgrade Instructions
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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
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  Source archives:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:      646 a5040b1b689670af75bc8135ebec50da
      
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      Size/MD5 checksum:    99410 9bab6bb01949ba36ce0e5520699ebdf2

  Architecture independent components:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:    15920 84586d337482345b6333ed3cca81ff76

  Alpha architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:   101682 4cee5c4be51673e9c1a92c97ac6ee269

  ARM architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:    86300 1f1df8a9de4107fab4380c740bbf6229

  Intel IA-32 architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:    78078 e167208600a95a414438d9b2ec97070a

  Intel IA-64 architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:   115154 323b9724eb6b58c471806662f807d3a8

  HP Precision architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:    95428 23ea1584bcb00d78a83193b43e0135b5

  Motorola 680x0 architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:    74858 973dbfb3593919902b8364ffdc780be9

  Big endian MIPS architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:    87796 496f1c560fd3bb907e9e84d90cc5a28f

  Little endian MIPS architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:    87592 490cdbe90de212f602d161feafa03cde

  PowerPC architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:    86926 1d031e26e5a8a91ee887967995692864

  IBM S/390 architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:    83068 571f11004a9865497cdb454084cdce40

  Sun Sparc architecture:

      
      Size/MD5 checksum:    99288 a390e93d83008691833956ad7c41dc87

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

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