Package : netpbm-free Vulnerability : insecure temporary files Problem-Type : local Debian-specific: no CVE Ids : CAN-2003-0924
netpbm is graphics conversion toolkit made up of a large number of single-purpose programs. Many of these programs were found to create temporary files in an insecure manner, which could allow a local attacker to overwrite files with the privileges of the user invoking a vulnerable netpbm tool.
For the current stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 2:9.20-8.4.
For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 2:9.25-9.
We recommend that you update your netpbm-free 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 --------------------------------