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Debian Security Advisory DSA 636-1 (glibc)

Information

Severity

Severity

Low

Family

Family

Debian Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

2.1

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/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 glibc announced via advisory DSA 636-1.

Insight

Insight

Several insecure uses of temporary files have been discovered in support scripts in the libc6 package which provices the c library for a GNU/Linux system. Trustix developers found that the catchsegv script uses temporary files insecurely. Openwall developers discovered insecure temporary files in the glibcbug script. These scripts are vulnerable to a symlink attack. For the stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 2.2.5-11.8. For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 2.3.2.ds1-20. We recommend that you upgrade your libc6 package.

Solution

Solution

https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20636-1

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