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dialog previously did not create them safely which made itsusceptible to a symlink attack.. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Debian Security Advisory DSA-008-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Debian -- Security Information Wichert Akkerman December 25, 2000 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Package : dialog Problem type : insecure temporary files Debian-specific: no Matt Kraai reported that he found a problem in the way dialog creates lock-files: it did not create them safely which made it susceptible to a symlink attack. This has been fixed in version 0.9a-20000118-3bis. wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file. Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 alias potato - --------------------------------- Potato was released for alpha, arm, i386, m68k, powerpc and sparc. Source archives: -3bis.diff.gz MD5 checksum: 78b6e69859bc18f738982d4f1bd390c7 -3bis.dsc MD5 checksum: 9bd63778ae6f295d9c06d22ac5910b92 .orig.tar.gz MD5 checksum: ffa7381631cb24aa5d61dab7f2f1245b Alpha architecture: 000118-3bis_alpha.deb MD5 checksum: 57c04e1f8dec33de5dffee92d0b162cb ARM architecture: 0118-3bis_arm.deb MD5 checksum: 5735033a17262209a1130459229a0982 Intel ia32 architecture: 00118-3bis_i386.deb MD5 checksum: f38bbfaa0076a590fe2421eb2ab68a9f Motorola 680x0 architecture: 00118-3bis_m68k.deb MD5 checksum: e7d0985d05a750c6550dd778ab14863e PowerPC architecture: 20000118-3bis_powerpc.deb MD5 checksum: 13033d33c56d4e18e8442cc2debaa6f8 Sun Sparc architecture: 000118-3bis_sparc.deb MD5 checksum: c310130da0b7ba8ad8d52003db9669c3 These files will be moved into soon. For not yet released architectures please refer to the appropriate directory . - -- . Debian DSA-008-1 resolves critical symlink attack flaw in dialogsoftware affecting lock-file creation.. Dialog Issues, Security Fix, Insecure Files, Debian Security. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team
Dec 24, 2000
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