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ESB-2004.0196 -- Debian Security Advisory DSA 460-1 -- New sysstat packages fix insecure temporary file creation

Date: 11 March 2004
References: ESB-2004.0198  ESB-2004.0245  

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            ESB-2004.0196 -- Debian Security Advisory DSA 460-1
         New sysstat packages fix insecure temporary file creation
                               11 March 2004

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:                sysstat
Publisher:              Debian
Operating System:       Debian GNU/Linux 3.0
                        Linux
Impact:                 Overwrite Arbitrary Files
Access Required:        Existing Account
CVE Names:              CAN-2004-0108

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Debian Security Advisory DSA 460-1                     security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/                             Matt Zimmerman
March 10th, 2004                        http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : sysstat
Vulnerability  : insecure temporary file
Problem-Type   : local
Debian-specific: no
CVE Ids        : CAN-2004-0108

Alan Cox discovered that the isag utility (which graphically displays
data collected by the sysstat tools), creates a temporary file without
taking proper precautions.  This vulnerability could allow a local
attacker to overwrite files with the privileges of the user invoking
isag.

For the current stable distribution (woody) this problem has been
fixed in version 5.0.1-1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed soon.

We recommend that you update your sysstat package.

Upgrade Instructions
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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
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  Source archives:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sysstat/sysstat_4.0.4-1woody1.dsc
      Size/MD5 checksum:      646 a5040b1b689670af75bc8135ebec50da
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sysstat/sysstat_4.0.4-1woody1.diff.gz
      Size/MD5 checksum:     8645 2edda9778b575cf59a32888a65bc3789
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sysstat/sysstat_4.0.4.orig.tar.gz
      Size/MD5 checksum:    99410 9bab6bb01949ba36ce0e5520699ebdf2

  Architecture independent components:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sysstat/isag_4.0.4-1woody1_all.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    15920 84586d337482345b6333ed3cca81ff76

  Alpha architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sysstat/sysstat_4.0.4-1woody1_alpha.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:   101682 4cee5c4be51673e9c1a92c97ac6ee269

  ARM architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sysstat/sysstat_4.0.4-1woody1_arm.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    86300 1f1df8a9de4107fab4380c740bbf6229

  Intel IA-32 architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sysstat/sysstat_4.0.4-1woody1_i386.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    78078 e167208600a95a414438d9b2ec97070a

  Intel IA-64 architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sysstat/sysstat_4.0.4-1woody1_ia64.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:   115154 323b9724eb6b58c471806662f807d3a8

  HP Precision architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sysstat/sysstat_4.0.4-1woody1_hppa.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    95428 23ea1584bcb00d78a83193b43e0135b5

  Motorola 680x0 architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sysstat/sysstat_4.0.4-1woody1_m68k.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    74858 973dbfb3593919902b8364ffdc780be9

  Big endian MIPS architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sysstat/sysstat_4.0.4-1woody1_mips.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    87796 496f1c560fd3bb907e9e84d90cc5a28f

  Little endian MIPS architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sysstat/sysstat_4.0.4-1woody1_mipsel.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    87592 490cdbe90de212f602d161feafa03cde

  PowerPC architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sysstat/sysstat_4.0.4-1woody1_powerpc.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    86926 1d031e26e5a8a91ee887967995692864

  IBM S/390 architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sysstat/sysstat_4.0.4-1woody1_s390.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    83068 571f11004a9865497cdb454084cdce40

  Sun Sparc architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sysstat/sysstat_4.0.4-1woody1_sparc.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    99288 a390e93d83008691833956ad7c41dc87

  These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
  its next revision.

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For apt-get: deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main
For dpkg-ftp: ftp://security.debian.org/debian-security dists/stable/updates/main
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
Package info: `apt-cache show <pkg>' and http://packages.debian.org/<pkg>
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