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>> Debian Security Update Fixes crip Insecure Temporary Files Issue

Title : Debian Security Update Fixes crip Insecure Temporary Files Issue
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2005-0916
CVE ID : CVE-2005-0393
CWE ID : VUPEN VNS Only
CVSS V2 : VUPEN VNS Only
Rated as : Low Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : No
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2005-06-30


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Debian has released a security patch to correct a vulnerability identified in crip. The problem is that crip insecurely creates temporary files, which could be exploited by a local attacker to overwrite arbitrary files via symlink attacks.

Affected Products

Debian GNU/Linux stable (sarge)
Debian GNU/Linux unstable (sid)

Solution

Debian GNU/Linux stable (sarge) - Upgrade to version 3.5-1sarge2
Debian GNU/Linux unstable (sid) - Upgrade to version 3.5-1sarge2

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0916
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-733

Credits

Vulnerability reported by Justin Rye

ChangeLog

2005-06-30 : Initial release

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