Package : xen-utils Vulnerability : insecure temporary files Problem type : local Debian-specific: no CVE Id(s) : CVE-2007-3919 Debian Bug : 447795
Steve Kemp from the Debian Security Audit project discovered that xen-utils, a collection of XEN administrative tools, used temporary files insecurely within the xenmon tool allowing local users to truncate arbitrary files.
For the stable distribution (etch) this problem has been fixed in version 3.0.3-0-4.
For the old stable distribution (sarge) this package was not present.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed soon.
We recommend that you upgrade your xen-3.0 (3.0.3-0-4) 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 4.0 alias etch - --------------------------------