Dan McMahill noticed that our advisory DSA 661-1 did not correct the multiple insecure files problem, hence, this update. For completeness below is the original advisory text:
Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña from the Debian Security Audit project discovered that f2c and fc, which are both part of the f2c package, a fortran 77 to C/C++ translator, open temporary files insecurely and are hence vulnerable to a symlink attack. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following vulnerabilities:
- CAN-2005-0017
Multiple insecure temporary files in the f2c translator.
- CAN-2005-0018
Two insecure temporary files in the f2 shell script.
For the stable distribution (woody) and all others including testing this problem has been fixed in version 20010821-3.2.
We recommend that you upgrade your f2c package.
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the revised advisory.