DSA-1676-1 flamethrower -- insecure temp file generation

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1676-1 flamethrower -- insecure temp file generation

Date Reported:

01 Dec 2008

Affected Packages:

flamethrower

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 506350.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2008-5141.

More information:

Dmitry E. Oboukhov discovered that flamethrower creates predictable temporary filenames, which may lead to a local denial of service through a symlink attack.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 0.1.8-1+etch4.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 0.1.8-2.

We recommend that you upgrade your flamethrower package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch)

Source:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/flamethrower/flamethrower_0.1.8-1+etch4.diff.gz

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/flamethrower/flamethrower_0.1.8.orig.tar.gz

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/flamethrower/flamethrower_0.1.8-1+etch4.dsc

Architecture-independent component:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/flamethrower/flamethrower_0.1.8-1+etch4_all.deb

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