Package : cvs Vulnerability : insecure temporary files Problem-Type : local Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CAN-2005-2693 Debian Bug : 325106
Marcus Meissner discovered that the cvsbug program from gcvs, the Graphical frontend for CVS, which serves the popular Concurrent Versions System, uses temporary files in an insecure fashion.
For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.0a7-2woody1.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 1.0final-5sarge1.
The unstable distribution (sid) does not expose the cvsbug program.
We recommend that you upgrade your gcvs 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 - --------------------------------