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There is an insecure tmp file vulnerability in adb2mhc from the mhc-utils package.. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 256-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze February 28th, 2003 Debian -- Debian security FAQ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : mhc Vulnerability : insecure temporary file Problem-Type : local Debian-specific: no It has been discovered that adb2mhc from the mhc-utils package. The default temporary directory uses a predictable name. This adds a vulnerability that allows a local attacker to overwrite arbitrary files the users has write permissions for. For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.25+20010625-7.1. For the old stable distribution (potato) does not contain mhc packages. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 0.25+20030224-1. We recommend that you upgrade your mhc-utils packages. 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: 617 fc3098663e051e20fed88ee8e7a7bfbd Size/MD5 checksum: 14493 ac68647bb9aed85ce74037b5eb306b54 Size/MD5 checksum: 208318 2233746036919a421f7f291625761823 Architecture independent components: Size/MD5 checksum: 147808 c5f128fe3d1d2a9b643874f78d40a5ab Alpha architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 91336 07930235dbf263b9b87e89b28725e1ed ARM architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 89882 95393dceb844b1e1b5c7abe8e1391ed9 Intel IA-32 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 89500 95b17072c6f272a7cf3613eaec4daf94 Intel IA-64 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 96796 21fed065479b00474369ffa64cbd2537 HP Precision architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 92072 56854ee04eadb0e6cf6dea106d54ccdf Motorola 680x0 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 89842 b8ea321b3b85af7f6ccaa1a73a1ad3d3 Big endian MIPS architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 89846 26cc8298c8012004f4a7d3561b8c0a76 Little endian MIPS architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 89738 3f224d8ed5bfc46311d3b725849d8d6f PowerPC architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 89820 05aced4ba0ba537d8de38339b5a44f08 IBM S/390 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 90426 ed10fcd3f89b6fbd9a40b52ead00df17 Sun Sparc architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 90140 53a151508170f3ca559a093f6331c357 These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on its next revision. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For apt-get: deb Debian -- Security Information stable/updates main For dpkg-ftp: 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://www.debian.org/distrib/packages . Explore the newest Debian security notice on the adb2mhc vulnerability concerning unsafe temporary file handling, and assess the recommended version upgrades for effective mitigation. Debian Advisory, Insecure File, adb2mhc, security update, mhc-utils. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
Feb 28, 2003
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