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Two scripts in the metrics package, "halstead" and "gather_stats", open temporary files without taking appropriate security precautions.. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 279-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Debian -- Security Information Martin Schulze April 7th, 2003 Debian -- Debian security FAQ - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : metrics Vulnerability : insecure temporary file creation Problem-Type : local Debian-specific: no CVE Id : CAN-2003-0202 Paul Szabo and Matt Zimmerman discoverd two similar problems in metrics, a tools for software metrics. Two scripts in this package, "halstead" and "gather_stats", open temporary files without taking appropriate security precautions. "halstead" is installed as a user program, while "gather_stats" is only used in an auxiliary script included in the source code. These vulnerabilities could allow a local attacker to overwrite files owned by the user running the scripts, including root. The stable distribution (woody) is not affected since it doesn't contain a metrics package anymore. For the old stable distribution (potato) this problem has been fixed in version 1.0-1.1. The unstable distribution (sid) is not affected since it doesn't contain a metrics package anymore. We recommend that you upgrade your metrics 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 2.2 alias potato - --------------------------------- Source archives: Size/MD5 checksum: 527 8e0a5e5a4897f6748669dcbcf98c5502 Size/MD5 checksum: 5171 b22998c91bbf809a44097f4fd6b5c83e Size/MD5 checksum: 77716 b5c03baa70c6826b27dcababe81f4259 Alpha architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 50216 3599a7ae7e2fe985970766e3b1143a52 ARM architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 44056 ea4b7cebada6b730acabe45b568b2eda Intel IA-32 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 42942 a9d3846fae94cc5b805b8ed8ec4ee514 Motorola 680x0 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 41778 4eb48f051e430fb72884d1212a9ad415 PowerPC architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 44054 6a24a7813b1707ad1176b636e9b1db0b Sun Sparc architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 51932 4252be7738d1a6eb4a3333d86e386d5a - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 . Critical advisory for Debian on metrics package vulnerability exposing users to local file overwrite attacks. Upgrade recommended.. Debian Security, Metrics Package, Insecure File Creation, Local Attacks. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 07, 2003
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