DSA-1013-1 snmptrapfmt -- insecure temporary file

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2006-0050  

Will Aoki discovered that snmptrapfmt, a configurable snmp trap handler daemon for snmpd, does not prevent overwriting existing files when writing to a temporary log file. For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.03woody1. For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 1.08sarge1. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 1.10-1. We recommend that you upgrade your snmptrapfmt package.

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1013-1 snmptrapfmt -- insecure temporary file

Date Reported:
22 Mar 2006
Affected Packages:
snmptrapfmt
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2006-0050.
More information:

Will Aoki discovered that snmptrapfmt, a configurable snmp trap handler daemon for snmpd, does not prevent overwriting existing files when writing to a temporary log file.

For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.03woody1.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 1.08sarge1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 1.10-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your snmptrapfmt package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/snmptrapfmt/snmptrapfmt_1.03woody1.dsc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/snmptrapfmt/snmptrapfmt_1.03woody1.tar.gz
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/snmptrapfmt/snmptrapfmt_1.03woody1_alpha.deb
ARM:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/snmptrapfmt/snmptrapfmt_1.03woody1_arm.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/snmptrapfmt/snmptrapfmt_1.03woody1_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/snmptrapfmt/snmptrapfmt_1.03woody1_ia64.deb
HPPA:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/snmptrapfmt/snmptrapfmt_1.03woody1_hppa.deb
Motorola 680x0:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/snmptrapfmt/snmptrapfmt_1.03woody1_m68k.deb
Big endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/snmptrapfmt/snmptrapfmt_1.03woody1_mips.deb
Little endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/snmptrapfmt/snmptrapfmt_1.03woody1_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/snmptrapfmt/snmptrapfmt_1.03woody1_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/snmptrapfmt/snmptrapfmt_1.03woody1_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/snmptrapfmt/snmptrapfmt_1.03woody1_sparc.deb

Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/snmptrapfmt/snmptrapfmt_1.08sarge1.dsc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/snmptrapfmt/snmptrapfmt_1.08sarge1.tar.gz
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/snmptrapfmt/snmptrapfmt_1.08sarge1_alpha.deb
AMD64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/snmptrapfmt/snmptrapfmt_1.08sarge1_amd64.deb
ARM:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/snmptrapfmt/snmptrapfmt_1.08sarge1_arm.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/snmptrapfmt/snmptrapfmt_1.08sarge1_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/snmptrapfmt/snmptrapfmt_1.08sarge1_ia64.deb
HPPA:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/snmptrapfmt/snmptrapfmt_1.08sarge1_hppa.deb
Motorola 680x0:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/snmptrapfmt/snmptrapfmt_1.08sarge1_m68k.deb
Big endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/snmptrapfmt/snmptrapfmt_1.08sarge1_mips.deb
Little endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/snmptrapfmt/snmptrapfmt_1.08sarge1_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/snmptrapfmt/snmptrapfmt_1.08sarge1_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/snmptrapfmt/snmptrapfmt_1.08sarge1_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/snmptrapfmt/snmptrapfmt_1.08sarge1_sparc.deb

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