Fedora 9 xastir Security Advisory: Critical Insecure File Issue

Xastir is a graphical application that interfaces HAM radio

and internet access to realtime mapping software.

Install XASTIR if you are interested in APRS(tm) and HAM radio

software.

Multiple insecure temporary file usage flaws were identified in the get-maptools.sh and get_shapelib.sh scripts shipped in xastir packages. As those

scripts are not needed with Fedora-distributed xastir packages (they automate

installation of libraries used by xastir, which are provided in the Fedora

archive in the pre-packaged RPM format), they were removed.

* Thu Aug 28 2008 Lucian Langa - 1.9.2-9

- drop uneeded and potential risky files (bug #460429)

* Thu Aug 28 2008 Lucian Langa - 1.9.2-8

- fix insecure auxiliary /tmp file usage bug #460429

* Tue Jul 8 2008 Lucian Langa - 1.9.2-7

- Rebuild against newer db4 headers/libs

* Fri Jun 6 2008 Lucian Langa - 1.9.2-6

- Rebuild against gpsman, festival, Berkley DB, gdal

* Sun May 18 2008 Lucian Langa - 1.9.2-5

- Patch for newer wget support

[ 1 ] Bug #460429 - xastir: Insecure auxiliary /tmp file usage (symlink attack possible)

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=460429

su -c ''yum update xastir'' at the command line.

For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",

available at .

All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the

GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at

https://fedoraproject.org/security/

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