- --------------------------------------------------------------------------Debian Security Advisory DSA 927-1                     security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/                             Martin Schulze
December 27th, 2005                     http://www.debian.org/security/faq
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------Package        : tkdiff
Vulnerability  : insecure temporary file
Problem type   : local
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID         : CVE-2005-3343

Javier Fern�ndez-Sanguino Pe�a from the Debian Security Audit project
discovered that tkdiff, a graphical side by side "diff" utility,
creates temporary files in an insecure fashion.

For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in
version 3.08-3woody0.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in
version 4.0.2-1sarge0.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 4.0.2-2.

We recommend that you upgrade your tkdiff 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 3.0 alias woody
- --------------------------------  Source archives:

          Size/MD5 checksum:      568 f331eee995b5ec3b5346b519c7147ee4
          Size/MD5 checksum:     3685 f00859ddd284e8016728b5a1d00b6fdd
          Size/MD5 checksum:    63171 197e9bee9812a5698889c589efd9b1ee

  Architecture independent components:

          Size/MD5 checksum:    67308 7314490886f96610a31f71bc22513c7f


Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 alias sarge
- --------------------------------  Source archives:

          Size/MD5 checksum:      571 e54f2d9fcd23c386640502fbe119e2b0
          Size/MD5 checksum:     3973 decabcedfbb5b9fc7dfa8a48b661b563
          Size/MD5 checksum:    86258 c52f7d8d87ebe34fbba6b6bdf30f3c60

  Architecture independent components:

          Size/MD5 checksum:    85468 c5fe0c83bfb827e2903a045767f03ded


  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:  dists/stable/updates/main
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org