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Debian Security Advisory DSA 822-1 (gtkdiskfree)

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Debian Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

5.0

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

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

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 gtkdiskfree announced via advisory DSA 822-1. Eric Romang discovered that gtkdiskfree, a GNOME program that shows free and used space on filesystems, creates a temporary file in an insecure fashion. The old stable distribution (woody) does not contain the gtkdiskfree package.

Solution

Solution

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 1.9.3-4sarge1. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed soon. We recommend that you upgrade your gtkdiskfree package. https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20822-1

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