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due to a combination of administrative problems, this advisorywas erroneously released with the identifier "DSA-338-1". DSA-338-1correctly refers to an earlier advisory regarding proftpd.. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 340-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Debian -- Security Information Matt Zimmerman July 6th, 2003 Debian -- Debian security FAQ - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : x-face-el Vulnerability : insecure temporary file Problem-Type : local Debian-specific: no NOTE: due to a combination of administrative problems, this advisory was erroneously released with the identifier "DSA-338-1". DSA-338-1 correctly refers to an earlier advisory regarding proftpd. x-face-el, a decoder for images included inline in X-Face email headers, does not take appropriate security precautions when creating temporary files. This bug could potentially be exploited to overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running Emacs and x-face-el, potentially with contents supplied by the attacker. For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.3.6.19-1woody1. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 1.3.6.23-1. We recommend that you update your x-face-el 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 3.0 alias woody - -------------------------------- Source archives: Size/MD5 checksum: 591 f431ba4034b534290d29103076464020 Size/MD5 checksum: 21268 ba3e6ed17c8c03e8fab969909bcd8572 Size/MD5 checksum: 80666 b541ab8e216e9df76f45b8b26241debd Architecture independent components: Size/MD5 checksum: 101882 9773535a2bb5e0ce12c34bb0bd5b351a 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 . Debian DSA-340-1 resolves x-face-el local exploit risk; update recommended for security.. Debian Advisory,x-face-el Security,insecure file management,local exploitation,Debian updates. . Severity: Important. LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jul 07, 2003
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