Debian Security Advisory
DSA-603-1 openssl -- insecure temporary file
- Date Reported:
- 01 Dec 2004
- Affected Packages:
- openssl
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2004-0975.
- More information:
-
Trustix developers discovered insecure temporary file creation in a supplemental script (der_chop) of the openssl package which may allow local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack.
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.9.6c-2.woody.7.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 0.9.7e-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your openssl package.
- Fixed in:
-
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/openssl_0.9.6c-2.woody.7.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/openssl_0.9.6c-2.woody.7.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/openssl_0.9.6c.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/openssl_0.9.6c-2.woody.7.diff.gz
- Architecture-independent component:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/ssleay_0.9.6c-2.woody.7_all.deb
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl-dev_0.9.6c-2.woody.7_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl0.9.6_0.9.6c-2.woody.7_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/openssl_0.9.6c-2.woody.7_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl0.9.6_0.9.6c-2.woody.7_alpha.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl-dev_0.9.6c-2.woody.7_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl0.9.6_0.9.6c-2.woody.7_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/openssl_0.9.6c-2.woody.7_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl0.9.6_0.9.6c-2.woody.7_arm.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl-dev_0.9.6c-2.woody.7_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl0.9.6_0.9.6c-2.woody.7_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/openssl_0.9.6c-2.woody.7_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl0.9.6_0.9.6c-2.woody.7_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl-dev_0.9.6c-2.woody.7_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl0.9.6_0.9.6c-2.woody.7_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/openssl_0.9.6c-2.woody.7_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl0.9.6_0.9.6c-2.woody.7_ia64.deb
- HPPA:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl-dev_0.9.6c-2.woody.7_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl0.9.6_0.9.6c-2.woody.7_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/openssl_0.9.6c-2.woody.7_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl0.9.6_0.9.6c-2.woody.7_hppa.deb
- Motorola 680x0:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl-dev_0.9.6c-2.woody.7_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl0.9.6_0.9.6c-2.woody.7_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/openssl_0.9.6c-2.woody.7_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl0.9.6_0.9.6c-2.woody.7_m68k.deb
- Big endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl-dev_0.9.6c-2.woody.7_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl0.9.6_0.9.6c-2.woody.7_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/openssl_0.9.6c-2.woody.7_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl0.9.6_0.9.6c-2.woody.7_mips.deb
- Little endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl-dev_0.9.6c-2.woody.7_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl0.9.6_0.9.6c-2.woody.7_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/openssl_0.9.6c-2.woody.7_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl0.9.6_0.9.6c-2.woody.7_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl-dev_0.9.6c-2.woody.7_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl0.9.6_0.9.6c-2.woody.7_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/openssl_0.9.6c-2.woody.7_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl0.9.6_0.9.6c-2.woody.7_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl-dev_0.9.6c-2.woody.7_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl0.9.6_0.9.6c-2.woody.7_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/openssl_0.9.6c-2.woody.7_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl0.9.6_0.9.6c-2.woody.7_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl-dev_0.9.6c-2.woody.7_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl0.9.6_0.9.6c-2.woody.7_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/openssl_0.9.6c-2.woody.7_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/o/openssl/libssl0.9.6_0.9.6c-2.woody.7_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.