DSA-822-1 gtkdiskfree -- insecure temporary file creation

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-822-1 gtkdiskfree -- insecure temporary file creation

Date Reported:

29 Sep 2005

Affected Packages:

gtkdiskfree

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2005-2918.

More information:

Eric Romang discovered that gtkdiskfree, a GNOME program that shows free and used space on filesystems, creates a temporary file in an insecure fashion.

The old stable distribution (woody) does not contain the gtkdiskfree package.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 1.9.3-4sarge1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed soon.

We recommend that you upgrade your gtkdiskfree package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)

Source:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gtkdiskfree/gtkdiskfree_1.9.3-4sarge1.dsc

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gtkdiskfree/gtkdiskfree_1.9.3-4sarge1.diff.gz

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gtkdiskfree/gtkdiskfree_1.9.3.orig.tar.gz

Alpha:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gtkdiskfree/gtkdiskfree_1.9.3-4sarge1_alpha.deb

AMD64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gtkdiskfree/gtkdiskfree_1.9.3-4sarge1_amd64.deb

ARM:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gtkdiskfree/gtkdiskfree_1.9.3-4sarge1_arm.deb

Intel IA-32:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gtkdiskfree/gtkdiskfree_1.9.3-4sarge1_i386.deb

Intel IA-64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gtkdiskfree/gtkdiskfree_1.9.3-4sarge1_ia64.deb

HPPA:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gtkdiskfree/gtkdiskfree_1.9.3-4sarge1_hppa.deb

Motorola 680x0:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gtkdiskfree/gtkdiskfree_1.9.3-4sarge1_m68k.deb

Big endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gtkdiskfree/gtkdiskfree_1.9.3-4sarge1_mips.deb

Little endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gtkdiskfree/gtkdiskfree_1.9.3-4sarge1_mipsel.deb

PowerPC:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gtkdiskfree/gtkdiskfree_1.9.3-4sarge1_powerpc.deb

IBM S/390:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gtkdiskfree/gtkdiskfree_1.9.3-4sarge1_s390.deb

Sun Sparc:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gtkdiskfree/gtkdiskfree_1.9.3-4sarge1_sparc.deb

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