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Debian Security Advisory DSA 353-1 (sup)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to sup announced via advisory DSA 353-1.
Insight
Insight
sup, a package used to maintain collections of files in identical versions across machines, fails to take appropriate security precautions when creating temporary files. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running sup. For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.8-8woody1. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 1.8-9. We recommend that you update your sup package.
Solution
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20353-1