Debian Security Advisory
DSA-1003-1 xpvm -- insecure temporary file
- Date Reported:
- 16 Mar 2006
- Affected Packages:
- xpvm
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 318285.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2005-2240. - More information:
-
Eric Romang discovered that xpvm, a graphical console and monitor for PVM, creates a temporary file that allows local attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running xpvm.
For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.5-7.2woody1.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.5-7.3sarge1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.5-8.
We recommend that you upgrade your xpvm package.
- Fixed in:
-
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpvm/xpvm_1.2.5-7.2woody1.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpvm/xpvm_1.2.5-7.2woody1.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpvm/xpvm_1.2.5.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpvm/xpvm_1.2.5-7.2woody1.diff.gz
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpvm/xpvm_1.2.5-7.2woody1_alpha.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpvm/xpvm_1.2.5-7.2woody1_arm.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpvm/xpvm_1.2.5-7.2woody1_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpvm/xpvm_1.2.5-7.2woody1_ia64.deb
- HPPA:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpvm/xpvm_1.2.5-7.2woody1_hppa.deb
- Motorola 680x0:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpvm/xpvm_1.2.5-7.2woody1_m68k.deb
- Big endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpvm/xpvm_1.2.5-7.2woody1_mips.deb
- Little endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpvm/xpvm_1.2.5-7.2woody1_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpvm/xpvm_1.2.5-7.2woody1_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpvm/xpvm_1.2.5-7.2woody1_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpvm/xpvm_1.2.5-7.2woody1_sparc.deb
Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpvm/xpvm_1.2.5-7.3sarge1.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpvm/xpvm_1.2.5-7.3sarge1.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpvm/xpvm_1.2.5.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpvm/xpvm_1.2.5-7.3sarge1.diff.gz
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpvm/xpvm_1.2.5-7.3sarge1_alpha.deb
- AMD64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpvm/xpvm_1.2.5-7.3sarge1_amd64.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpvm/xpvm_1.2.5-7.3sarge1_arm.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpvm/xpvm_1.2.5-7.3sarge1_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpvm/xpvm_1.2.5-7.3sarge1_ia64.deb
- HPPA:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpvm/xpvm_1.2.5-7.3sarge1_hppa.deb
- Motorola 680x0:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpvm/xpvm_1.2.5-7.3sarge1_m68k.deb
- Big endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpvm/xpvm_1.2.5-7.3sarge1_mips.deb
- Little endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpvm/xpvm_1.2.5-7.3sarge1_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpvm/xpvm_1.2.5-7.3sarge1_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpvm/xpvm_1.2.5-7.3sarge1_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xpvm/xpvm_1.2.5-7.3sarge1_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.