DSA-603-1 openssl -- insecure temporary file

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-603-1 openssl -- insecure temporary file

Date Reported:

01 Dec 2004

Affected Packages:

openssl

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2004-0975.

More information:

Trustix developers discovered insecure temporary file creation in a supplemental script (der_chop) of the openssl package which may allow local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.9.6c-2.woody.7.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 0.9.7e-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your openssl package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)

Source:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/openssl_0.9.6c-2.woody.7.dsc

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/openssl_0.9.6c-2.woody.7.diff.gz

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/openssl_0.9.6c.orig.tar.gz

Architecture-independent component:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/ssleay_0.9.6c-2.woody.7_all.deb

Alpha:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl-dev_0.9.6c-2.woody.7_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl0.9.6_0.9.6c-2.woody.7_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/openssl_0.9.6c-2.woody.7_alpha.deb

ARM:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl-dev_0.9.6c-2.woody.7_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl0.9.6_0.9.6c-2.woody.7_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/openssl_0.9.6c-2.woody.7_arm.deb

Intel IA-32:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl-dev_0.9.6c-2.woody.7_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl0.9.6_0.9.6c-2.woody.7_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/openssl_0.9.6c-2.woody.7_i386.deb

Intel IA-64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl-dev_0.9.6c-2.woody.7_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl0.9.6_0.9.6c-2.woody.7_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/openssl_0.9.6c-2.woody.7_ia64.deb

HPPA:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl-dev_0.9.6c-2.woody.7_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl0.9.6_0.9.6c-2.woody.7_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/openssl_0.9.6c-2.woody.7_hppa.deb

Motorola 680x0:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl-dev_0.9.6c-2.woody.7_m68k.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl0.9.6_0.9.6c-2.woody.7_m68k.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/openssl_0.9.6c-2.woody.7_m68k.deb

Big endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl-dev_0.9.6c-2.woody.7_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl0.9.6_0.9.6c-2.woody.7_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/openssl_0.9.6c-2.woody.7_mips.deb

Little endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl-dev_0.9.6c-2.woody.7_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl0.9.6_0.9.6c-2.woody.7_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/openssl_0.9.6c-2.woody.7_mipsel.deb

PowerPC:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl-dev_0.9.6c-2.woody.7_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl0.9.6_0.9.6c-2.woody.7_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/openssl_0.9.6c-2.woody.7_powerpc.deb

IBM S/390:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl-dev_0.9.6c-2.woody.7_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl0.9.6_0.9.6c-2.woody.7_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/openssl_0.9.6c-2.woody.7_s390.deb

Sun Sparc:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl-dev_0.9.6c-2.woody.7_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl0.9.6_0.9.6c-2.woody.7_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/openssl_0.9.6c-2.woody.7_sparc.deb

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