Package : snmptrapfmt Vulnerability : insecure temporary file Problem type : local Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CVE-2006-0050
Will Aoki discovered that snmptrapfmt, a configurable snmp trap handler daemon for snmpd, does not prevent overwriting existing files when writing to a temporary log file.
For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.03woody1.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 1.08sarge1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 1.10-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your snmptrapfmt 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 - --------------------------------