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[CLA-2000:359] Conectiva Linux Security Announcement - ed
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (secure@CONECTIVA.COM.BR)
Thu Dec 14 15:02:34 2000
Message-ID: <200012132028.SAA30516@frajuto.distro.conectiva>
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2000 18:28:25 -0200
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CONECTIVA LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT
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PACKAGE : ed
SUMMARY : Insecure temporary file handling
DATE : 2000-12-13 18:27:00
ID : CLA-2000:359
RELEVANT
RELEASES : 4.0, 4.0es, 4.1, 4.2, 5.0, 5.1, 6.0
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DESCRIPTION
The "ed" editor creates temporary files in an insecure way, making it
vulnerable to symlink attacks.
SOLUTION
All users of the "ed" program should upgrade.
DIRECT DOWNLOAD LINKS TO THE UPDATED PACKAGES
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/4.0/SRPMS/pam-0.72-23cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/4.0/i386/pam-0.72-23cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/4.0es/SRPMS/pam-0.72-23cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/4.0es/i386/pam-0.72-23cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/4.1/SRPMS/pam-0.72-23cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/4.1/i386/pam-0.72-23cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/4.2/SRPMS/pam-0.72-23cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/4.2/i386/pam-0.72-23cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/5.0/SRPMS/pam-0.72-23cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/5.0/i386/pam-0.72-23cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/5.1/SRPMS/pam-0.72-23cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/5.1/i386/pam-0.72-23cl.i386.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/6.0/SRPMS/pam-0.72-23cl.src.rpm
ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/6.0/RPMS/pam-0.72-23cl.i386.rpm
ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS
Users of Conectiva Linux version 6.0 or higher may use apt to perform
upgrades:
- add the following line to /etc/apt/sources.list if it is not there yet
(you may also use linuxconf to do this):
rpm [cncbr] ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br 6.0/conectiva updates
- run: apt-get update
- after that, execute: apt-get upgrade
Detailed instructions reagarding the use of apt and upgrade examples
can be found at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/#apt?idioma=en
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All packages are signed with Conectiva's GPG key. The key can be
obtained at http://www.conectiva.com.br/contato
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All our advisories and generic update instructions can be viewed at
http://www.conectiva.com.br/suporte/atualizacoes
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