Debian: sysstat Insecure temporary file vulnerability
Summary
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.
The update used in DSA 460-1 did not fix every occurrence of the bug.
DSA 460-2 includes a more complete fix.
For the current stable distribution (woody) this problem has been
fixed in version 4.0.4-1woody2.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 5.0.2-1.
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
Source archives:
Size/MD5 checksum: 646 7f580bd95e4beb891308f768d23c8cf7
Size/MD5 checksum: 9034 84514ad26e9ee46ef816a48cc0130aca
Size/MD5 checksum: 99410 9bab6bb01949ba36ce0e5520699ebdf2
Architecture independent components:
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Alpha architecture:
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ARM architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 86348 d1e0b2ce8b9dd2be66127c6de76aad3e
Intel IA-32 architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 78712 3b33e776572470aa69c0d38989277205
Intel IA-64 architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 115198 d9cc1e755a52348c8cced764616609a5
HP Precision architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 95478 1fe245a0dfa1660cc15ba98b8f37ee17
Motorola 680x0 architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 74918 f451be4419f98e8d3a2a8698385a64c5
Big endian MIPS architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 87870 85fad1a5a2c7b80860a821ccb72506e3
Little endian MIPS architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 87652 d73a29ed3a0bf19d2998276646c73934
PowerPC architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 86980 b7e43a983e0bef5525249d76151de17c
IBM S/390 architecture:
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Sun Sparc architecture:
Size/MD5 checksum: 99346 ebfb5cfe81ac719d76bed6f71a232bec
These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
its next revision.
For apt-get: deb Debian -- Security Information stable/updates main
For dpkg-ftp: dists/stable/updates/main
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
Package info: `apt-cache show