This bug was experienced in May 1999 but wasn't reported on this
channel yet.

Former versions of the smtp-refuser package came with unchecked
logging facility to /tmp/log.  This allowed deleting arbitrary,
root-owned files by any user who has write access to /tmp.

We recommend you upgrade your smtp-refuser package.

wget url
        will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
        will install the referenced file.


Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 alias slink
--------------------------------

  Source archives:

          MD5 checksum: 282eb6e299e48bf47c773c88dc45f140
          MD5 checksum: 5059fcc13077f7e959f417af8d403dda

  Alpha architecture:

          MD5 checksum: 2d7c4c8ba5226942af1d505eb06dca02

  Intel ia32 architecture:

          MD5 checksum: 45a32aece01c4c3a5a329d6c857da94b

  Motorola 680x0 architecture:

          MD5 checksum: f8f733dc4dd8971b891fc4bfa00412b8

  Sun Sparc architecture:

          MD5 checksum: c60a3b0bdf77baace00c9d670a174a01


Debian GNU/Linux unstable alias potato
--------------------------------------

  Source archives:

    mtp-refuser_1.0.1.dsc
      MD5 checksum: 282eb6e299e48bf47c773c88dc45f140
    l/smtp-refuser_1.0.1.tar.gz
      MD5 checksum: 5059fcc13077f7e959f417af8d403dda

  Alpha architecture:

          MD5 checksum: d8ee4cba999534c1a488a7a11f2791da

  ARM architecture:

          MD5 checksum: 92ffab6117f2075614aeaaf2e180ff59

  Intel ia32 architecture:

          MD5 checksum: 45a32aece01c4c3a5a329d6c857da94b

  Motorola 680x0 architecture:

          MD5 checksum: 43cf12edcdc1a7eeb6e317e218da8ba5

  PowerPC architecture:

          MD5 checksum: 42a651ed5647c0495b9f77386df6e124

  Sun Sparc architecture:

          MD5 checksum: ecda66ea8d37ae48acbc0f4fbcc0de14


--
Debian GNU/Linux      .    Security Managers     .   security@debian.org
              debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
  Christian Hudon     .     Wichert Akkerman     .     Martin Schulze
   .     .

New versions of smtp-refuser fixes security hole

December 13, 1999
This bug was experienced in May 1999 but wasn't reported on this channel yet. Former versions of the smtp-refuser package came with unchecked logging facility to /tmp/log

Summary

We recommend you upgrade your smtp-refuser package.

wget url
will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
will install the referenced file.


Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 alias slink
--------------------------------

Source archives:

MD5 checksum: 282eb6e299e48bf47c773c88dc45f140
MD5 checksum: 5059fcc13077f7e959f417af8d403dda

Alpha architecture:

MD5 checksum: 2d7c4c8ba5226942af1d505eb06dca02

Intel ia32 architecture:

MD5 checksum: 45a32aece01c4c3a5a329d6c857da94b

Motorola 680x0 architecture:

MD5 checksum: f8f733dc4dd8971b891fc4bfa00412b8

Sun Sparc architecture:

MD5 checksum: c60a3b0bdf77baace00c9d670a174a01


Debian GNU/Linux unstable alias potato
--------------------------------------

Source archives:

mtp-refuser_1.0.1.dsc
MD5 checksum: 282eb6e299e48bf47c773c88dc45f140
l/smtp-refuser_1.0.1.tar.gz
MD5 checksum: 5059fcc13077f7e959f417af8d403dda

Alpha architecture:

MD5 checksum: d8ee4cba999534c1a488a7a11f2791da

ARM architecture:

MD5 checksum: 92ffab6117f2075614aeaaf2e180ff59

Intel ia32 architecture:

MD5 checksum: 45a32aece01c4c3a5a329d6c857da94b

Motorola 680x0 architecture:

MD5 checksum: 43cf12edcdc1a7eeb6e317e218da8ba5

PowerPC architecture:

MD5 checksum: 42a651ed5647c0495b9f77386df6e124

Sun Sparc architecture:

MD5 checksum: ecda66ea8d37ae48acbc0f4fbcc0de14


--
Debian GNU/Linux . Security Managers . security@debian.org
debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
Christian Hudon . Wichert Akkerman . Martin Schulze
. .




Severity
Former versions of the smtp-refuser package came with unchecked
logging facility to /tmp/log. This allowed deleting arbitrary,
root-owned files by any user who has write access to /tmp.

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