Debian Security Advisory

DSA-015-1 sash -- broken maintainer script

Date Reported:

23 Jan 2001

Affected Packages:

sash

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2001-0195.

More information:

Versions of the sash package prior to 3.4-4 did not clone /etc/shadow properly, causing it to be made world-readable.

This package only exists in stable, so if you are running unstable you won't see a bugfix unless you use the resources from the bottom of this message to the proper configuration.

We recommend you upgrade your sash package immediately.

Fixed in:

Debian 2.2 (potato)

Source:: http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/source/sash_3.4-6.diff.gz; http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/source/sash_3.4-6.dsc; http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/source/sash_3.4.orig.tar.gz
alpha:: http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-alpha/sash_3.4-6_alpha.deb
arm:: http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-arm/sash_3.4-6_arm.deb
i386:: http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-i386/sash_3.4-6_i386.deb
m68k:: http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-m68k/sash_3.4-6_m68k.deb
powerpc:: http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-powerpc/sash_3.4-6_powerpc.deb
sparc:: http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-sparc/sash_3.4-6_sparc.deb