Micah Anderson
2005-Sep-16 14:15 UTC
[SECURITY] DTSA-17-1 New lm-sensors package fixes insecure temporary file
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Testing Security Advisory DTSA-17-1 September 15th, 2005 secure-testing-team@lists.alioth.debian.org Micah Anderson http://secure-testing-master.debian.net/ - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : lm-sensors Vulnerability : insecure temporary file Problem-Scope : local Debian-specific: No CVE ID : CAN-2005-2672 Javier Fern?ndez-Sanguino Pe?a discovered that a script included in lm-sensors, used to read temperature/voltage/fan sensors, creates a temporary file with a predictable filename, leaving it vulnerable for a symlink attack. Note that this is the same set of security fixes put into stable in DSA-814-1. For the testing distribution (etch) this is fixed in version 1:2.9.1-6etch1 For the unstable distribution (sid) this is fixed in version 1:2.9.1-7 This upgrade is recommended if you use lm-sensors. The Debian testing security team does not track security issues for the stable (sarge) and oldstable (woody) distributions. If stable is vulnerable, the Debian security team will make an announcement once a fix is ready. Upgrade Instructions - -------------------- To use the Debian testing security archive, add the following lines to your /etc/apt/sources.list: deb http://secure-testing.debian.net/debian-secure-testing etch-proposed-updates/security-updates main contrib non-free deb-src http://secure-testing.debian.net/debian-secure-testing etch-proposed-updates/security-updates main contrib non-free The archive signing key can be downloaded from http://secure-testing-master.debian.net/ziyi-2005-7.asc To install the update, run this command as root: apt-get update && apt-get install lm-sensors For further information about the Debian testing security team, please refer to http://secure-testing-master.debian.net/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDKtKY9n4qXRzy1ioRAjcNAJ0TKlAgr89i26hRIX970vsKgVorowCgkLI+ wjLdFHMITSScxQcpz1at8rw=VI/o -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----