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Debian Security Advisory DSA-011-1                       security@debian.org 
Debian -- Security Information                                 Michael Stone
January 10, 2001
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Package: mgetty
Vulnerability: insecure tempfile
Debian-specific: no

Immunix reports that mgetty does not create temporary files in a secure
manner, which could lead to a symlink attack. This has been corrected 
in mgetty 1.1.21-3potato1

We recommend you upgrade your mgetty package immediately.

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

You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
footer to the proper configuration.


Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 alias potato
- ------------------------------------

  Potato was released for the alpha, arm, i386, m68k, powerpc and sparc
  architectures.

  Source archives:
      
      MD5 checksum: 7fa9561fad8dbe7a4a288c8135b33174
      
      MD5 checksum: 0d4b5d68d1bb236970e1fe5f6ae02264
      
      MD5 checksum: 41b23fb60b123a25179067bb0711b935

  Architecture-independent files:
      
      MD5 checksum: c406e21ea10a22497b4f8d6a0473b537

  Alpha architecture:
      
      MD5 checksum: 835087610bd00ccd5a40e01936e61bb2
      
      MD5 checksum: e2958b3b698687bfc9de34742c1b90b6
      
      MD5 checksum: 1c0981919bca639e309799d9e532b2d6
      
      MD5 checksum: d838cb1009a5925ced1c92411b013ffc

  ARM architecture:
      
      MD5 checksum: 1cf2e00618425cec1dd76dde1515f6c9
      
      MD5 checksum: dfd5bb2c08ec7fc06518f8df29c0df97
      
      MD5 checksum: c8b9477a35b82f439b37bff1147aad93
      
      MD5 checksum: 9a06b9274f595c849e7ffc40ec902e33

  Intel ia32 architecture:
      
      MD5 checksum: fc841c1e78fa0d3347115cf8a50d63cf
      
      MD5 checksum: 57992604cc9437ce1b3362f8e05403ab
      
      MD5 checksum: 14f6f890c3595c020508b936204fa177
      
      MD5 checksum: 52c203e583636f32389244c851823afa

  Motorola 680x0 architecture:
    not yet available

  PowerPC architecture:
    not yet available

  Sun Sparc architecture:
      
      MD5 checksum: 5fcec09109acc945db8612710ab87e9d
      
      MD5 checksum: 4e2a6603b8d11c495d519dec3ad2946d
      
      MD5 checksum: f4203cbdba33a85f05b63e5883887af4
      
      MD5 checksum: 02bd00238010590cb9a4e73d8122f2f7

  These files will be moved into
     soon.

For not yet released architectures please refer to the appropriate
directory    .


Debian: 'mgetty' temp file vulnerability

January 10, 2001
Immunix reports that mgetty does not create temporary files in a securemanner, which could lead to a symlink attack.

Summary

Immunix reports that mgetty does not create temporary files in a secure
manner, which could lead to a symlink attack. This has been corrected
in mgetty 1.1.21-3potato1

We recommend you upgrade your mgetty package immediately.

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

You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
footer to the proper configuration.


Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 alias potato

Potato was released for the alpha, arm, i386, m68k, powerpc and sparc
architectures.

Source archives:

MD5 checksum: 7fa9561fad8dbe7a4a288c8135b33174

MD5 checksum: 0d4b5d68d1bb236970e1fe5f6ae02264

MD5 checksum: 41b23fb60b123a25179067bb0711b935

Architecture-independent files:

MD5 checksum: c406e21ea10a22497b4f8d6a0473b537

Alpha architecture:

MD5 checksum: 835087610bd00ccd5a40e01936e61bb2

MD5 checksum: e2958b3b698687bfc9de34742c1b90b6

MD5 checksum: 1c0981919bca639e309799d9e532b2d6

MD5 checksum: d838cb1009a5925ced1c92411b013ffc

ARM architecture:

MD5 checksum: 1cf2e00618425cec1dd76dde1515f6c9

MD5 checksum: dfd5bb2c08ec7fc06518f8df29c0df97

MD5 checksum: c8b9477a35b82f439b37bff1147aad93

MD5 checksum: 9a06b9274f595c849e7ffc40ec902e33

Intel ia32 architecture:

MD5 checksum: fc841c1e78fa0d3347115cf8a50d63cf

MD5 checksum: 57992604cc9437ce1b3362f8e05403ab

MD5 checksum: 14f6f890c3595c020508b936204fa177

MD5 checksum: 52c203e583636f32389244c851823afa

Motorola 680x0 architecture:
not yet available

PowerPC architecture:
not yet available

Sun Sparc architecture:

MD5 checksum: 5fcec09109acc945db8612710ab87e9d

MD5 checksum: 4e2a6603b8d11c495d519dec3ad2946d

MD5 checksum: f4203cbdba33a85f05b63e5883887af4

MD5 checksum: 02bd00238010590cb9a4e73d8122f2f7

These files will be moved into
soon.

For not yet released architectures please refer to the appropriate
directory .




Severity
Package: mgetty
Vulnerability: insecure tempfile
Debian-specific: no

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