DSA-1205-2 thttpd -- insecure temporary files

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2006-4248  

The original advisory for this issue didn't contain fixed packages for all supported architectures which are corrected in this update. For reference please find below the original advisory text: Marco d'Itri discovered that thttpd, a small, fast and secure webserver, makes use of insecure temporary files when its logfiles are rotated, which might lead to a denial of service through a symlink attack. For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 2.23beta1-3sarge2. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 2.23beta1-5. We recommend that you upgrade your thttpd package.

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1205-2 thttpd -- insecure temporary files

Date Reported:
02 Nov 2006
Affected Packages:
thttpd
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 396277.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2006-4248.
More information:

The original advisory for this issue didn't contain fixed packages for all supported architectures which are corrected in this update. For reference please find below the original advisory text:

Marco d'Itri discovered that thttpd, a small, fast and secure webserver, makes use of insecure temporary files when its logfiles are rotated, which might lead to a denial of service through a symlink attack.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 2.23beta1-3sarge2.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 2.23beta1-5.

We recommend that you upgrade your thttpd package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/thttpd/thttpd_2.23beta1-3sarge2.dsc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/thttpd/thttpd_2.23beta1-3sarge2.diff.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/thttpd/thttpd_2.23beta1.orig.tar.gz
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/thttpd/thttpd_2.23beta1-3sarge2_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/thttpd/thttpd-util_2.23beta1-3sarge2_alpha.deb
AMD64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/thttpd/thttpd_2.23beta1-3sarge2_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/thttpd/thttpd-util_2.23beta1-3sarge2_amd64.deb
ARM:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/thttpd/thttpd_2.23beta1-3sarge2_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/thttpd/thttpd-util_2.23beta1-3sarge2_arm.deb
HPPA:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/thttpd/thttpd_2.23beta1-3sarge2_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/thttpd/thttpd-util_2.23beta1-3sarge2_hppa.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/thttpd/thttpd_2.23beta1-3sarge2_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/thttpd/thttpd-util_2.23beta1-3sarge2_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/thttpd/thttpd_2.23beta1-3sarge2_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/thttpd/thttpd-util_2.23beta1-3sarge2_ia64.deb
Motorola 680x0:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/thttpd/thttpd_2.23beta1-3sarge2_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/thttpd/thttpd-util_2.23beta1-3sarge2_m68k.deb
Big endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/thttpd/thttpd_2.23beta1-3sarge2_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/thttpd/thttpd-util_2.23beta1-3sarge2_mips.deb
Little endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/thttpd/thttpd_2.23beta1-3sarge2_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/thttpd/thttpd-util_2.23beta1-3sarge2_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/thttpd/thttpd_2.23beta1-3sarge2_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/thttpd/thttpd-util_2.23beta1-3sarge2_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/thttpd/thttpd_2.23beta1-3sarge2_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/thttpd/thttpd-util_2.23beta1-3sarge2_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/thttpd/thttpd_2.23beta1-3sarge2_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/thttpd/thttpd-util_2.23beta1-3sarge2_sparc.deb

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

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