Package : xfs Vulnerability : race condition Problem-Type : local Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CVE-2007-3103
It was discovered that a race condition in the init.d script of the X Font Server allows the modification of file permissions of arbitrary files if the local administrator can be tricked into restarting the X font server.
For the oldstable distribution (sarge) xfs is present as part of the monolithic xfree86 package. A fix will be provided along with a future security update.
For the stable distribution (etch) this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.1-6.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.4-2.
We recommend that you upgrade your xfs 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 - -------------------------------