Package : f2c Vulnerability : insecure temporary files Problem-Type : local Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CAN-2005-0017 CAN-2005-0018
Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña from the Debian Security Audit project discovered that f2c and fc, which are both part of the f2c package, a fortran 77 to C/C++ translator, open temporary files insecurely and are hence vulnerable to a symlink attack. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following vulnerabilities:
CAN-2005-0017
Multiple insecure temporary files in the f2c translator.
CAN-2005-0018
Two insecure temporary files in the f2 shell script.
For the stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 20010821-3.1
For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems will be fixed soon.
We recommend that you upgrade your f2c 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 --------------------------------
