DSA-806-1 gcvs -- insecure temporary files

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-806-1 gcvs -- insecure temporary files

Date Reported:

09 Sep 2005

Affected Packages:

cvs

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 325106.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2005-2693.

More information:

Marcus Meissner discovered that the cvsbug program from gcvs, the Graphical frontend for CVS, which serves the popular Concurrent Versions System, uses temporary files in an insecure fashion.

For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.0a7-2woody1.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 1.0final-5sarge1.

The unstable distribution (sid) does not expose the cvsbug program.

We recommend that you upgrade your gcvs package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)

Source:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gcvs/gcvs_1.0a7-2woody1.dsc

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gcvs/gcvs_1.0a7-2woody1.diff.gz

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gcvs/gcvs_1.0a7.orig.tar.gz

Alpha:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gcvs/gcvs_1.0a7-2woody1_alpha.deb

ARM:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gcvs/gcvs_1.0a7-2woody1_arm.deb

Intel IA-32:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gcvs/gcvs_1.0a7-2woody1_i386.deb

Intel IA-64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gcvs/gcvs_1.0a7-2woody1_ia64.deb

HPPA:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gcvs/gcvs_1.0a7-2woody1_hppa.deb

Motorola 680x0:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gcvs/gcvs_1.0a7-2woody1_m68k.deb

Big endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gcvs/gcvs_1.0a7-2woody1_mips.deb

Little endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gcvs/gcvs_1.0a7-2woody1_mipsel.deb

PowerPC:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gcvs/gcvs_1.0a7-2woody1_powerpc.deb

IBM S/390:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gcvs/gcvs_1.0a7-2woody1_s390.deb

Sun Sparc:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gcvs/gcvs_1.0a7-2woody1_sparc.deb

Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)

Source:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gcvs/gcvs_1.0final-5sarge1.dsc

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gcvs/gcvs_1.0final-5sarge1.diff.gz

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gcvs/gcvs_1.0final.orig.tar.gz

Alpha:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gcvs/gcvs_1.0final-5sarge1_alpha.deb

AMD64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gcvs/gcvs_1.0final-5sarge1_amd64.deb

ARM:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gcvs/gcvs_1.0final-5sarge1_arm.deb

Intel IA-32:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gcvs/gcvs_1.0final-5sarge1_i386.deb

Intel IA-64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gcvs/gcvs_1.0final-5sarge1_ia64.deb

HPPA:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gcvs/gcvs_1.0final-5sarge1_hppa.deb

Motorola 680x0:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gcvs/gcvs_1.0final-5sarge1_m68k.deb

Big endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gcvs/gcvs_1.0final-5sarge1_mips.deb

Little endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gcvs/gcvs_1.0final-5sarge1_mipsel.deb

PowerPC:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gcvs/gcvs_1.0final-5sarge1_powerpc.deb

IBM S/390:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gcvs/gcvs_1.0final-5sarge1_s390.deb

Sun Sparc:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gcvs/gcvs_1.0final-5sarge1_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.