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Debian Security Advisory DSA 118-1: Critical Xsane File Vulnerability

Tim Waugh found several insecure uses of temporary files in the xsaneprogram, which is used for scanning. This was fixed for Debian/stableby moving those files into a securely created directory within the/tmp directory.. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 118-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Debian -- Security Information Martin Schulze March 5th, 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : xsane Vulnerability : insecure temporary files Problem-Type : local Debian-specific: no Tim Waugh found several insecure uses of temporary files in the xsane program, which is used for scanning. This was fixed for Debian/stable by moving those files into a securely created directory within the /tmp directory. This problem has been fixed in version 0.50-5.1 for the stable Debian distribution and in version 0.84-0.1 for the testing and unstable distribution of Debian. We recommend that you upgrade your xsane package. 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: MD5 checksum: 95deb77d4120c18c8d6c52b694e30d63 MD5 checksum: c4601eb08536a8deeb8b49630f948cc6 MD5 checksum: 768fbd482f15ca0b081f19f7bc15d76f Alpha architecture: MD5 checksum: baf8ef6879863e43d49aec409c515da9 ARM architecture: MD5 checksum: 994e6eaa747f04b85a0f953b14de1445 Intel ia32 architecture: MD5 checksum: 069983f5340d5524a78b4bd896c6edb5 Motorola 680x0 architecture: MD5 checksum: 4057804c6ccc359567e25bbecdbe4e22 PowerPC architecture: MD5 checksum: bab3f792a4abac83ea921539a79d324f Sun Sparc architecture: MD5 checksum: f8cf97b74dfff2113e695ed4595cbe9e 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 . Critical Xsane file risk on Debian fixed by moving files for security; update recommended for users to enhance safety.. xsane security,debian update,temporary file risks,local risks,package update. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Mar 05, 2002 •Critical Debian