-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 118-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. https://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze March 5th, 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : xsane Vulnerability : insecure temporary files Problem-Type : local Debian-specific: no Tim Waugh found several insecure uses of temporary files in the xsane program, which is used for scanning. This was fixed for Debian/stable by moving those files into a securely created directory within the /tmp directory. This problem has been fixed in version 0.50-5.1 for the stable Debian distribution and in version 0.84-0.1 for the testing and unstable distribution of Debian. We recommend that you upgrade your xsane package. 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 2.2 alias potato ------------------------------------ Source archives: https://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/source/xsane_0.50-5.1.diff.gz MD5 checksum: 95deb77d4120c18c8d6c52b694e30d63 https://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/source/xsane_0.50-5.1.dsc MD5 checksum: c4601eb08536a8deeb8b49630f948cc6 https://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/source/xsane_0.50.orig.tar.gz MD5 checksum: 768fbd482f15ca0b081f19f7bc15d76f Alpha architecture: https://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-alpha/xsane_0.50-5.1_alpha.deb MD5 checksum: baf8ef6879863e43d49aec409c515da9 ARM architecture: https://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-arm/xsane_0.50-5.1_arm.deb MD5 checksum: 994e6eaa747f04b85a0f953b14de1445 Intel ia32 architecture: https://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-i386/xsane_0.50-5.1_i386.deb MD5 checksum: 069983f5340d5524a78b4bd896c6edb5 Motorola 680x0 architecture: https://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-m68k/xsane_0.50-5.1_m68k.deb MD5 checksum: 4057804c6ccc359567e25bbecdbe4e22 PowerPC architecture: https://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-powerpc/xsane_0.50-5.1_powerpc.deb MD5 checksum: bab3f792a4abac83ea921539a79d324f Sun Sparc architecture: https://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-sparc/xsane_0.50-5.1_sparc.deb MD5 checksum: f8cf97b74dfff2113e695ed4595cbe9e 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: 'xsane' Insecure temporary file vulnerability
Tim Waugh found several insecure uses of temporary files in the xsaneprogram, which is used for scanning. This was fixed for Debian/stableby moving those files into a securely created directory within the/tmp directory.
