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Debian Sarge fcheck Update: DSA 1035-1 Moderate Insecure File Issue

Updated package.. - --------------------------------------------------------------------------Debian Security Advisory DSA 1035-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. http://www.debian.org/security/ Steve Kemp April 15th, 2005 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - --------------------------------------------------------------------------Package : fcheck Vulnerability : insecure temporary file Problem type : local Debian-specific: yes CVE ID : CVE-2006-1753 Steve Kemp from the Debian Security Audit project discovered that a cronjob contained in fcheck, a file integrity checker, creates a temporary file in an insecure fashion. The old stable distribution (woody) is not affected by this problem. For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 2.7.59-7sarge1. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 2.7.59-8 We recommend that you upgrade your fcheck package. 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 3.1 alias sarge - -------------------------------- Source archives: Size/MD5 checksum: 584 54262b28cbd90e16c251c5bf2b980380 Size/MD5 checksum: 12765 f58245e36a86b48513042b450c7baf1a Size/MD5 checksum: 32864 bdf767b294b4f706742fb96913df37f0 Architecture independent components: Size/MD5 checksum: 33622 e89d891255c37bcdf38097b9344312c7 These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on its next update. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------For apt-get: deb https://www.debian.org/security/ 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. . Enhance the fcheck software package to address security issues related to the creation of insecure temporary files on Debian systems.. Debian,Fcheck,File Integrity,Security Advisory,Package Update. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

Apr 15, 2006 Debian