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Debian: DSA-1676-1 Moderate: Flamethrower Local DoS Risk Fixed

Dmitry E. Oboukhov discovered that flamethrower creates predictable temporary filenames, which may lead to a local denial of service through a symlink attack. . - ------------------------------------------------------------------------Debian Security Advisory DSA-1676-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. http://www.debian.org/security/ dann frazier December 01, 2008 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - ------------------------------------------------------------------------Package : flamethrower (0.1.8-1+etch1) Vulnerability : insecure temp file generation Problem type : local Debian-specific: no CVE Id(s) : CVE-2008-5141 Debian Bug : 506350 Dmitry E. Oboukhov discovered that flamethrower creates predictable temporary filenames, which may lead to a local denial of service through a symlink attack. For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 0.1.8-1+etch1. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 0.1.8-2. We recommend that you upgrade your flamethrower 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 4.0 alias etch - -------------------------------Stable updates are available for alpha, amd64, arm, hppa, i386, ia64, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390 and sparc. Source archives: Size/MD5 checksum: 3138 f6263743cb41f4f75ab9f4dbc76a71a5 Size/MD5 checksum: 23485 04e1b6c5b4e72879e8aa69fcccb0491f Size/MD5 checksum: 598 4a880e477706f57bcfb806eb46a81922 Architecture independentpackages: Size/MD5 checksum: 16880 fbc0c1b237503a9d88521b444e4319e0 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. . Uncover the measures Debian has implemented to secure flamethrower against local denial-of-service attacks via enhanced temporary file handling. Learn further!. Flamethrower, Local DoS, Temp File Security, Debian Advisory. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

Dec 01, 2008 Debian