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[DSA636] DSA-636-1 glibc

Family:

Debian Local Security Checks

Category:

infos

Copyright:

This script is (C) 2005 Michel Arboi

Summary:

DSA-636-1 glibc

Version:

$Revision: 1.1 $

Cve_id:

CAN-2004-0968

Bugtraq_id:

11286

Xrefs:

DSA:636

Description:

Several insecure uses of temporary files have been discovered in
support scripts in the libc6 package which provides the c library for
a GNU/Linux system. Trustix developers found that the catchsegv
script uses temporary files insecurely. Openwall developers
discovered insecure temporary files in the glibcbug script. These
scripts are vulnerable to a symlink attack.
For the stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in
version 2.2.5-11.8.
For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in
version 2.3.2.ds1-20.
We recommend that you upgrade your libc6 package.


Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-636
Risk factor : High