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Fedora 22: perl-IPTables-Parse Security Update for File Naming Issue

- Update to IPTables-Parse-1.5 - Fix use of predictable temporary file names. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2015-30f080e459 2015-11-19 07:46:18.561608 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name : perl-IPTables-Parse Product : Fedora 22 Version : 1.5 Release : 2.fc22 URL : http://www.cipherdyne.org/modules/ Summary : Perl extension for parsing iptables firewall rulesets Description : The IPTables::Parse package provides an interface to parse iptables rules on Linux systems through the direct execution of iptables commands, or from parsing a file that contains an iptables policy listing. You can get the current policy applied to a table/chain, look for a specific user-defined chain, check for a default DROP policy, or determing whether or not logging rules exist. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Information: - Update to IPTables-Parse-1.5 - Fix use of predictable temporary file names -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References: [ 1 ] Bug #1267962 - perl-IPTables-Parse: Use of predictable names for temporary files https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1267962 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update perl-IPTables-Parse' 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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ package-announce mailinglist This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/package-announce.lists.fedoraproject.org/ . Enhance the security of your Fedora 22 systems by addressing predictable temporary file naming in perl-IPTables-Parse through randomization and using File::Temp module. Fedora Security Update, IPTables Update, File Naming Fix, Software Patch Notification. . Severity: Important. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Nov 19, 2015 •Important Fedora