- --------------------------------------------------------------------------Debian Security Advisory DSA 835-1                     security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/                             Martin Schulze
October 1st, 2005                       http://www.debian.org/security/faq
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------Package        : cfengine
Vulnerability  : insecure temporary files
Problem type   : local
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID         : CAN-2005-2960

Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña discovered several insecure temporary
file uses in cfengine, a tool for configuring and maintaining
networked machines, that can be exploited by a symlink attack to
overwrite arbitrary files owned by the user executing cfengine, which
is probably root.

For the old stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in
version 1.6.3-9woody1.

For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in
version 1.6.5-1sarge1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have will be fixed soon.

We recommend that you upgrade your cfengine package.


Upgrade Instructions
- --------------------wget url
        will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
        will install the referenced file.

If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given below:

apt-get update
        will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade
        will install corrected packages

You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
footer to the proper configuration.


Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody
- --------------------------------  Source archives:

          Size/MD5 checksum:      697 bb2e5be7b89c57f6c4cf1e3738ecd922
          Size/MD5 checksum:    38077 1ae76d1eb77ebd60a3333c062a1a7c31
          Size/MD5 checksum:   867415 19079eafbee44e3d39308c086d4b539b

  Architecture independent components:

          Size/MD5 checksum:   355562 ca9a13fab7548459c6084dc69d426aec

  Alpha architecture:

          Size/MD5 checksum:   405720 7b6364578e2eba666365e77e32507c4b

  ARM architecture:

          Size/MD5 checksum:   339210 aa977174967f661d2f212f3433bf6788

  Intel IA-32 architecture:

          Size/MD5 checksum:   303270 a64338d36f68b7935cfc5989c850cd5e

  Intel IA-64 architecture:

          Size/MD5 checksum:   493172 41bcf6762cf4837c8709be21cff9eb7f

  HP Precision architecture:

          Size/MD5 checksum:   386724 e9442e863083edcb1e487a6c5fe93352

  Motorola 680x0 architecture:

          Size/MD5 checksum:   281060 d948916061d5e8efb533e3b77b77a0ab

  Big endian MIPS architecture:

          Size/MD5 checksum:   363318 0bc37a72bb1f08f35a2b579484ffb573

  Little endian MIPS architecture:

          Size/MD5 checksum:   361536 c2b6aa55d276d9b6ac74e78b8117f58c

  PowerPC architecture:

          Size/MD5 checksum:   340640 d54511ed3ad4994ae81fa8f5d94bddd2

  IBM S/390 architecture:

          Size/MD5 checksum:   320202 4bfb085818e449b6a6a294d842fd93ce

  Sun Sparc architecture:

          Size/MD5 checksum:   348898 1a5bee66a3136dd0c7c81e389ea6d02c


Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 alias sarge
- --------------------------------  Source archives:

          Size/MD5 checksum:      688 0c5710c1edf3c6fdd6823d6db891d299
          Size/MD5 checksum:   102832 8a282e6d4dde8c710e02a544967c5fe6
          Size/MD5 checksum:   880066 fc02d8d56433f32020c3030192cad66e

  Architecture independent components:

          Size/MD5 checksum:   385994 1081dd615fdd1cd5682599b5253936ba

  Alpha architecture:

          Size/MD5 checksum:   420810 2402bacaa76d7763c27589c85a399605

  AMD64 architecture:

          Size/MD5 checksum:   353842 953d1eb46f2cce0aedfb78e5f988cc53

  ARM architecture:

          Size/MD5 checksum:   340160 83ed417663d90df0727a6a8c2606d11b

  Intel IA-32 architecture:

          Size/MD5 checksum:   323384 18459b30d0c2c5044e6922abde4425ea

  Intel IA-64 architecture:

          Size/MD5 checksum:   488116 f7a1c07bf59ba6163a82fed6a27666c1

  HP Precision architecture:

          Size/MD5 checksum:   373982 778d47c9a7bba6a52c34580e2885a4f0

  Motorola 680x0 architecture:

          Size/MD5 checksum:   289354 a8c67ffa26a9453959be270dd6109a36

  Big endian MIPS architecture:

          Size/MD5 checksum:   366596 5978436e06a6fb7ad82d7f9860d02614

  Little endian MIPS architecture:

          Size/MD5 checksum:   365032 4914663ccd6d58abfac5ae149c2b75cb

  PowerPC architecture:

          Size/MD5 checksum:   356614 a98b9bb1a97577472f350ae0f22bf37f

  IBM S/390 architecture:

          Size/MD5 checksum:   346324 33ac8dfdaa2fcb7ddccf258f901b8531

  Sun Sparc architecture:

          Size/MD5 checksum:   338540 21169b41e6976910873d642a7acef495


  These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
  its next update.

- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------For apt-get: deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main
For dpkg-ftp:  dists/stable/updates/main
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Debian: New cfengine packages fix arbitrary file overwriting

October 1, 2005
Updated package.

Summary


For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in
version 1.6.5-1sarge1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have will be fixed soon.

We recommend that you upgrade your cfengine package.


Upgrade Instructions
- --------------------wget url
will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
will install the referenced file.

If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given below:

apt-get update
will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade
will install corrected packages

You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
footer to the proper configuration.


Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody

Size/MD5 checksum: 697 bb2e5be7b89c57f6c4cf1e3738ecd922
Size/MD5 checksum: 38077 1ae76d1eb77ebd60a3333c062a1a7c31
Size/MD5 checksum: 867415 19079eafbee44e3d39308c086d4b539b

Architecture independent components:

Size/MD5 check...

Read the Full Advisory

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