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Jakob Lell discovered a bug in the 'noroff' script included in noweb whereby a temporary file was created insecurely.. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 323-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Debian -- Security Information Matt Zimmerman June 16th, 2003 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : noweb Vulnerability : insecure temporary files Problem-Type : local Debian-specific: no CVE Id : CAN-2003-0381 Jakob Lell discovered a bug in the 'noroff' script included in noweb whereby a temporary file was created insecurely. During a review, several other instances of this problem were found and fixed. Any of these bugs could be exploited by a local user to overwrite arbitrary files owned by the user invoking the script. For the stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 2.9a-7.3. For old stable distribution (potato) this problem has been fixed in version 2.9a-5.1. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed soon. We recommend that you update your noweb 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: 597 137a3145bc50159f0b9abd217d9f2f62 Size/MD5 checksum: 69048 a77cc9e502d6e891c6aa74df7b0c9fe5 Size/MD5 checksum: 687372 1096b16aaa281a97e269eb5d80236296 Alpha architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 1327308 10b065044f506c8c548bb6e2c76c5fec Intel IA-32 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 976072 ffa9f84860085bfda89791c79867d3fd Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody - -------------------------------- Source archives: Size/MD5 checksum: 607 ac68c7e4f9057d9b5a38238c28f7d266 Size/MD5 checksum: 41136 122211b0a7590e7cdc21aaa9a890d082 Size/MD5 checksum: 687372 1096b16aaa281a97e269eb5d80236296 Alpha architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 1339532 6f3f10aa4a5056d003c91b3f4564871c ARM architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 1061418 6ca2d4bd8026333006c2566f918f12ca Intel IA-32 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 966664 b4a1b216e98e3dda4bd62eb37618f1ca HP Precision architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 1257458 4d13eb89c7cf9ba72ab0a30e4d5cb7ab Motorola 680x0 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 920562 110bd24b5abaa99d2633121b8b103825 Big endian MIPS architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 1145274 7dbf6bdbe25c08f94984fbf9b5e2979f 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 Security Advisory DSA 323-1 addresses critical insecure temporary file vulnerability found in noweb requiring prompt updates.. Debian Security Advisory, Noweb Exploit, Insecure Temporary Files, Local Exploit Remedies. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jun 17, 2003
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