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regarding The possibility of attack with the help of symlinks in some Debian
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--- Begin Message ---
Package: dist
Severity: grave
Hi, maintainer!
This message about the error concerns a few packages at once. I've
tested all the packages (for Lenny) on my Debian mirror. All scripts
of packages (marked as executable) were tested.
In some packages I've discovered scripts with errors which may be used
by a user for damaging important system files or user's files.
For example if a script uses in its work a temp file which is created
in /tmp directory, then every user can create symlink with the same
name in this directory in order to destroy or rewrite some system
or user file. Symlink attack may also lead not only to the data
desctruction but to denial of service as well.
Even if you create files or directories with help of function 'RANDOM'
or pid(), then your system is not protected. Attacker can create many
symlinks in order to destroy your data or create 'denial of service'
for your package scripts.
Even if you make rm(dir) for files/directories, then your system is
not protected. Attacker can permanently create symlinks.
This list is created with the help of script. This list is sorted by
hand. Howewer in some cases mistake is possible.
Please, Be understanding to possible mistakes. :)
I set Severity into grave for this bug. The table of discovered
problems is below.
Discussion of this bug you can see in debian-devel@:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00271.html
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Source: dist
Source-Version: 1:3.5-17-2
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
dist, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:
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dist_3.5-17-2_all.deb
to pool/main/d/dist/dist_3.5-17-2_all.deb
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
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Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:28:31 -0500
Source: dist
Binary: dist
Architecture: source all
Version: 1:3.5-17-2
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: high
Maintainer: Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Changed-By: Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Description:
dist - Tools for developing, maintaining and distributing software.
Closes: 496412
Changes:
dist (1:3.5-17-2) unstable; urgency=high
.
* If a script uses a temp file which is created in /tmp, then an
attacker can create symlink with the same name in this directory in
order to destroy or rewrite some system or user files. Symlink attack
may also lead not only to the data desctruction but to denial of
service as well. Creating files with rand or pid to randomize the file
names is not adequate to protect the system. We now use File::Temp to
safely create the temporary files as needed. This closes a grave bug.
There are no code changes in this version, apart from the bug fix.
Closes: #496412
* Updated the Standards version. (No changes)
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