Package : sup Vulnerability : insecure temporary file Problem-Type : local Debian-specific: no CVE Ids : CAN-2003-0606
sup, a package used to maintain collections of files in identical versions across machines, fails to take appropriate security precautions when creating temporary files. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running sup.
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.8-8woody1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 1.8-9.
We recommend that you update your sup 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 3.0 alias woody --------------------------------
