[Bug 1394590] Re: LFI Security vulnerability

2015-01-19 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
[Expired for psensor (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.] ** Changed in: psensor (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = Expired -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1394590] Re: LFI Security vulnerability

2014-11-20 Thread Seth Arnold
When coordinating with upstream, please investigate if the proposed fix is safe from race conditions. Thanks ** Information type changed from Private Security to Public Security -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1394590] Re: LFI Security vulnerability

2014-11-20 Thread Jean-Philippe Orsini
@Seth, I am the author of psensor. I did the debdiff but unfortunely there is a specific ubuntu regression The ubuntu packaging is linking /usr/share/psensor/www/jquery.js to /usr/share/javascript/jquery/jquery.js which is rejected by the fix (based on calling realpath C function)because it is

[Bug 1394590] Re: LFI Security vulnerability

2014-11-20 Thread Seth Arnold
Jean-Philippe, ah, that is a bit of an annoyance. I don't know what to recommend. The race condition I was worried about is the check for the realpath() appears to be done some point before the file is opened; a symlink could be made between those two and the end result could be the same. Of