Package : glibc Vulnerability : insecure temporary files Problem-Type : local Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CAN-2004-0968 BugTraq ID : 11286 Debian Bug : 279680 278278 205600
Several insecure uses of temporary files have been discovered in support scripts in the libc6 package which provices the c library for a GNU/Linux system. Trustix developers found that the catchsegv script uses temporary files insecurely. Openwall developers discovered insecure temporary files in the glibcbug script. These scripts are vulnerable to a symlink attack.
For the stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 2.2.5-11.8.
For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 2.3.2.ds1-20.
We recommend that you upgrade your libc6 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 --------------------------------