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Debian Security Advisory DSA 090-1 (xtel)

Information

Severity

Severity

High

Family

Family

Debian Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

7.2

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

16 years ago

Modified

Modified

6 years ago

Summary

The remote host is missing an update to xtel announced via advisory DSA 090-1.

Insight

Insight

The xtel (a X emulator for minitel) package as distributed with Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 has two possible symlink attacks: * xteld creates a temporary file /tmp/.xtel-<user> without checking for symlinks. * when printing a hardcope xtel would create a temporary file without protecting itself against symlink attacks. Both problems have been fixed in version 3.2.1-4.potato.1 .

Solution

Solution

https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20090-1