DSA-1216-1 flexbackup -- insecure temporary file

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1216-1 flexbackup -- insecure temporary file

Date Reported:

20 Nov 2006

Affected Packages:

flexbackup

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 334350.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2005-4802.

More information:

Eric Romang discovered that the flexbackup backup tool creates temporary files in an insecure manner, which allows denial of service through a symlink attack.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.1-2sarge1.

For the upcoming stable distribution (etch) this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.1-3.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.1-3.

We recommend that you upgrade your flexbackup package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)

Source:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/flexbackup/flexbackup_1.2.1-2sarge1.dsc

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/flexbackup/flexbackup_1.2.1-2sarge1.diff.gz

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/flexbackup/flexbackup_1.2.1.orig.tar.gz

Architecture-independent component:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/flexbackup/flexbackup_1.2.1-2sarge1_all.deb

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