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and subject line Bug#496427: fixed in lmbench 3.0-a9-1
has caused the Debian Bug report #496427,
regarding The possibility of attack with the help of symlinks in some Debian 
packages
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Package: lmbench
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: lmbench
Source-Version: 3.0-a9-1

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
lmbench, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:

lmbench-doc_3.0-a9-1_all.deb
  to pool/non-free/l/lmbench/lmbench-doc_3.0-a9-1_all.deb
lmbench_3.0-a9-1.diff.gz
  to pool/non-free/l/lmbench/lmbench_3.0-a9-1.diff.gz
lmbench_3.0-a9-1.dsc
  to pool/non-free/l/lmbench/lmbench_3.0-a9-1.dsc
lmbench_3.0-a9-1_i386.deb
  to pool/non-free/l/lmbench/lmbench_3.0-a9-1_i386.deb
lmbench_3.0-a9.orig.tar.gz
  to pool/non-free/l/lmbench/lmbench_3.0-a9.orig.tar.gz



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
have further comments please address them to [email protected],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Al Stone <[email protected]> (supplier of updated lmbench package)

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Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 18:20:00 -0700
Source: lmbench
Binary: lmbench lmbench-doc
Architecture: source all i386
Version: 3.0-a9-1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Al Stone <[email protected]>
Changed-By: Al Stone <[email protected]>
Description: 
 lmbench    - Utilities to benchmark UNIX systems
 lmbench-doc - Documentation for the lmbench benchmark suite
Closes: 470279 496427
Changes: 
 lmbench (3.0-a9-1) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   * Update to latest upstream (3.0-a9).
   * Update to latest Standards-Version.
   * Incorporate Ubuntu patch: depend on libc6-dev (LP: #246618)
   * Closes: bug#470279 -- replaced all uses of /usr/tmp with /var/tmp
   * Closes: bug#496427 -- removed risk of /tmp symlink attacks by moving
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