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Debian Security Advisory DSA 754-1 (centericq)

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 centericq announced via advisory DSA 754-1. Eric Romang discovered that centericq, a text-mode multi-protocol instant messenger client, creates some temporary files with predictable filenames and is hence vulnerable to symlink attacks by local attackers. The old stable distribution (woody) is not affected by this problem.

Solution

Solution

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 4.20.0-1sarge1. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 4.20.0-7. We recommend that you upgrade your centericq package. https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20754-1

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