DSA-460-1 sysstat -- insecure temporary file

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-460-1 sysstat -- insecure temporary file

Date Reported:

10 Mar 2004

Affected Packages:

sysstat

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Bugtraq database (at SecurityFocus): BugTraq ID 9844.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2004-0108.

More information:

Alan Cox discovered that the isag utility (which graphically displays data collected by the sysstat tools), creates a temporary file without taking proper precautions. This vulnerability could allow a local attacker to overwrite files with the privileges of the user invoking isag.

For the current stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 5.0.1-1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed soon.

We recommend that you update your sysstat package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)

Source:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sysstat/sysstat_4.0.4-1woody1.dsc

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sysstat/sysstat_4.0.4-1woody1.diff.gz

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sysstat/sysstat_4.0.4.orig.tar.gz

Architecture-independent component:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sysstat/isag_4.0.4-1woody1_all.deb

Alpha:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sysstat/sysstat_4.0.4-1woody1_alpha.deb

ARM:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sysstat/sysstat_4.0.4-1woody1_arm.deb

Intel IA-32:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sysstat/sysstat_4.0.4-1woody1_i386.deb

Intel IA-64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sysstat/sysstat_4.0.4-1woody1_ia64.deb

HPPA:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sysstat/sysstat_4.0.4-1woody1_hppa.deb

Motorola 680x0:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sysstat/sysstat_4.0.4-1woody1_m68k.deb

Big endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sysstat/sysstat_4.0.4-1woody1_mips.deb

Little endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sysstat/sysstat_4.0.4-1woody1_mipsel.deb

PowerPC:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sysstat/sysstat_4.0.4-1woody1_powerpc.deb

IBM S/390:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sysstat/sysstat_4.0.4-1woody1_s390.deb

Sun Sparc:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/sysstat/sysstat_4.0.4-1woody1_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.