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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2008.0505 -- [Win][UNIX/Linux][Debian] New gforge packages fix insecure temporary files 15 May 2008 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: gforge Publisher: Debian Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX) Windows Impact: Overwrite Arbitrary Files Access: Existing Account CVE Names: CVE-2008-0167 Original Bulletin: http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1577 Comment: This advisory references vulnerabilities in products which run on platforms other than Debian. It is recommended that administrators running gforge check for an updated version of the software for their operating system. - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Debian Security Advisory DSA-1577-1 security@debian.org http://www.debian.org/security/ Thijs Kinkhorst May 14, 2008 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Package : gforge Vulnerability : insecure temporary files Problem type : local Debian-specific: no CVE Id(s) : CVE-2008-0167 Stephen Gran and Mark Hymers discovered that some scripts run by GForge, a collaborative development tool, open files in write mode in a potentially insecure manner. This may be exploited to overwrite arbitary files on the local system. For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 4.5.14-22etch8. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem will be fixed soon. We recommend that you upgrade your gforge 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 - - ------------------------------- Source archives: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge_4.5.14-22etch8.dsc Size/MD5 checksum: 950 b920bc8243418bf618256638369bc4cd http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge_4.5.14.orig.tar.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 2161141 e85f82eff84ee073f80a2a52dd32c8a5 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge_4.5.14-22etch8.diff.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 198227 d2fa0c2fcd092cca4b06fa58c852bacc Architecture independent packages: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge-mta-exim_4.5.14-22etch8_all.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 88632 653a57ad16301d4c56dd6258c7899bf3 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge-web-apache_4.5.14-22etch8_all.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 704846 40d23715b91b68be2818f3cd40fcd69f http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge-mta-courier_4.5.14-22etch8_all.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 76104 b9536b17b890cb1e9c01774799a2b7a7 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge_4.5.14-22etch8_all.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 80300 14cb35a87fcd66ec653f2f195f1257ba http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge-mta-postfix_4.5.14-22etch8_all.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 88530 949dba8de49b5294a6c1607c0e0867a9 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge-shell-ldap_4.5.14-22etch8_all.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 86364 e5b31d0d6241fc49af69fa18a43ca5cb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge-shell-postgresql_4.5.14-22etch8_all.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 87170 4c43a30b39c833c6459bebf65efa3ffd http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge-common_4.5.14-22etch8_all.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 1010898 6834ceb2ad8bec97dec9885f5d67a142 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge-db-postgresql_4.5.14-22etch8_all.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 212528 aa2271a99ae166fda40c1dac6e866548 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge-ftp-proftpd_4.5.14-22etch8_all.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 86070 5dc7c68b4c4d9a42809836405b85a240 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge-mta-exim4_4.5.14-22etch8_all.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 89146 ca4c0ca3f759fac3419e9523ec7772a2 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge-lists-mailman_4.5.14-22etch8_all.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 82106 706a78d1a7d86304890844b61988b580 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge-ldap-openldap_4.5.14-22etch8_all.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 95576 a2bba36bc643f1adf1950574fa38ff1d http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gforge/gforge-dns-bind9_4.5.14-22etch8_all.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 103780 666082ac03c7edecc48fce7072890654 These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on its next update. - - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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> - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iQEVAwUBSCsGRGz0hbPcukPfAQK0mgf9HX31ee6QVQsd20gDE4/MMYPJpB/jlaFS +IqoID2+dqi0B1E9eiMMW4LzKQQIV53eAs4ATeVUA8zpo6Gl3A4xo86nKAsq1CX3 Dg/Z3Fo0inNfNIt9uim9cM4aWMv6efiR9q9mjdWc4sq7PLJu1mMMpdITvBAwrmdu L1ma+A0egyn/gLVoq+jh4BIvmTm6dwFs8rrWkSywidimVpZjdpl7cuPvB1nG2r2x SVBkFcEf3I6IAWwdzm5aEY0UUzZJoamc1OCYhkhE3qrddFg8p2fUHsPys0Szau/I KCsPM1nAHtwdppERd4eNl/lMguB1YSM5yBwRoJ5gOrQ6yr6zCCYX5Q== =1o6Q - -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- - --------------------------END INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- You have received this e-mail bulletin as a result of your organisation's registration with AusCERT. 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