DSA-1003-1 xpvm -- insecure temporary file

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1003-1 xpvm -- insecure temporary file

Date Reported:

16 Mar 2006

Affected Packages:

xpvm

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 318285.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2005-2240.

More information:

Eric Romang discovered that xpvm, a graphical console and monitor for PVM, creates a temporary file that allows local attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running xpvm.

For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.5-7.2woody1.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.5-7.3sarge1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.5-8.

We recommend that you upgrade your xpvm package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)

Source:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpvm/xpvm_1.2.5-7.2woody1.dsc

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpvm/xpvm_1.2.5-7.2woody1.diff.gz

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpvm/xpvm_1.2.5.orig.tar.gz

Alpha:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpvm/xpvm_1.2.5-7.2woody1_alpha.deb

ARM:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpvm/xpvm_1.2.5-7.2woody1_arm.deb

Intel IA-32:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpvm/xpvm_1.2.5-7.2woody1_i386.deb

Intel IA-64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpvm/xpvm_1.2.5-7.2woody1_ia64.deb

HPPA:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpvm/xpvm_1.2.5-7.2woody1_hppa.deb

Motorola 680x0:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpvm/xpvm_1.2.5-7.2woody1_m68k.deb

Big endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpvm/xpvm_1.2.5-7.2woody1_mips.deb

Little endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpvm/xpvm_1.2.5-7.2woody1_mipsel.deb

PowerPC:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpvm/xpvm_1.2.5-7.2woody1_powerpc.deb

IBM S/390:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpvm/xpvm_1.2.5-7.2woody1_s390.deb

Sun Sparc:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpvm/xpvm_1.2.5-7.2woody1_sparc.deb

Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)

Source:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpvm/xpvm_1.2.5-7.3sarge1.dsc

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpvm/xpvm_1.2.5-7.3sarge1.diff.gz

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpvm/xpvm_1.2.5.orig.tar.gz

Alpha:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpvm/xpvm_1.2.5-7.3sarge1_alpha.deb

AMD64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpvm/xpvm_1.2.5-7.3sarge1_amd64.deb

ARM:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpvm/xpvm_1.2.5-7.3sarge1_arm.deb

Intel IA-32:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpvm/xpvm_1.2.5-7.3sarge1_i386.deb

Intel IA-64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpvm/xpvm_1.2.5-7.3sarge1_ia64.deb

HPPA:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpvm/xpvm_1.2.5-7.3sarge1_hppa.deb

Motorola 680x0:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpvm/xpvm_1.2.5-7.3sarge1_m68k.deb

Big endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpvm/xpvm_1.2.5-7.3sarge1_mips.deb

Little endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpvm/xpvm_1.2.5-7.3sarge1_mipsel.deb

PowerPC:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpvm/xpvm_1.2.5-7.3sarge1_powerpc.deb

IBM S/390:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpvm/xpvm_1.2.5-7.3sarge1_s390.deb

Sun Sparc:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpvm/xpvm_1.2.5-7.3sarge1_sparc.deb

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