Debian Security Advisory
DSA-865-1 hylafax -- insecure temporary files
- Date Reported:
- 13 Oct 2005
- Affected Packages:
- hylafax
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2005-3069.
- More information:
-
Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña discovered that several scripts of the hylafax suite, a flexible client/server fax software, create temporary files and directories in an insecure fashion, leaving them vulnerable to symlink exploits.
For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 4.1.1-3.2.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 4.2.1-5sarge1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 4.2.2-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your hylafax packages.
- Fixed in:
-
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax_4.1.1-3.2.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax_4.1.1-3.2.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax_4.1.1.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax_4.1.1-3.2.diff.gz
- Architecture-independent component:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-doc_4.1.1-3.2_all.deb
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-client_4.1.1-3.2_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-server_4.1.1-3.2_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-server_4.1.1-3.2_alpha.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-client_4.1.1-3.2_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-server_4.1.1-3.2_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-server_4.1.1-3.2_arm.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-client_4.1.1-3.2_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-server_4.1.1-3.2_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-server_4.1.1-3.2_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-client_4.1.1-3.2_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-server_4.1.1-3.2_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-server_4.1.1-3.2_ia64.deb
- HPPA:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-client_4.1.1-3.2_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-server_4.1.1-3.2_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-server_4.1.1-3.2_hppa.deb
- Motorola 680x0:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-client_4.1.1-3.2_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-server_4.1.1-3.2_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-server_4.1.1-3.2_m68k.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-client_4.1.1-3.2_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-server_4.1.1-3.2_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-server_4.1.1-3.2_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-client_4.1.1-3.2_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-server_4.1.1-3.2_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-server_4.1.1-3.2_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-client_4.1.1-3.2_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-server_4.1.1-3.2_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-server_4.1.1-3.2_sparc.deb
Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax_4.2.1-5sarge1.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax_4.2.1-5sarge1.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax_4.2.1.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax_4.2.1-5sarge1.diff.gz
- Architecture-independent component:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-doc_4.2.1-5sarge1_all.deb
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-client_4.2.1-5sarge1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-server_4.2.1-5sarge1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-server_4.2.1-5sarge1_alpha.deb
- AMD64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-client_4.2.1-5sarge1_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-server_4.2.1-5sarge1_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-server_4.2.1-5sarge1_amd64.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-client_4.2.1-5sarge1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-server_4.2.1-5sarge1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-server_4.2.1-5sarge1_arm.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-client_4.2.1-5sarge1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-server_4.2.1-5sarge1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-server_4.2.1-5sarge1_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-client_4.2.1-5sarge1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-server_4.2.1-5sarge1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-server_4.2.1-5sarge1_ia64.deb
- HPPA:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-client_4.2.1-5sarge1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-server_4.2.1-5sarge1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-server_4.2.1-5sarge1_hppa.deb
- Motorola 680x0:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-client_4.2.1-5sarge1_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-server_4.2.1-5sarge1_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-server_4.2.1-5sarge1_m68k.deb
- Big endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-client_4.2.1-5sarge1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-server_4.2.1-5sarge1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-server_4.2.1-5sarge1_mips.deb
- Little endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-client_4.2.1-5sarge1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-server_4.2.1-5sarge1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-server_4.2.1-5sarge1_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-client_4.2.1-5sarge1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-server_4.2.1-5sarge1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-server_4.2.1-5sarge1_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-client_4.2.1-5sarge1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-server_4.2.1-5sarge1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-server_4.2.1-5sarge1_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-client_4.2.1-5sarge1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-server_4.2.1-5sarge1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-server_4.2.1-5sarge1_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.