Debian Security Advisory

DSA-038-1 sgml-tools -- insecure tempfiles

Date Reported:
08 Mar 2001
Affected Packages:
sgml-tools
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2001-0416.
More information:
Former versions of sgml-tools created temporary files directly in /tmp in an insecure fashion. Version 1.0.9-15 and higher create a subdirectory first and open temporary files within that directory. This has been fixed in sgml-tools 1.0.9-15
Fixed in:

Debian 2.2 (potato)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/source/sgml-tools_1.0.9.orig.tar.gz
http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/source/sgml-tools_1.0.9-15.dsc
http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/source/sgml-tools_1.0.9-15.diff.gz
alpha:
http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-alpha/sgml-tools_1.0.9-15_alpha.deb
arm:
http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-arm/sgml-tools_1.0.9-15_arm.deb
i386:
http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-i386/sgml-tools_1.0.9-15_i386.deb
m68k:
http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-m68k/sgml-tools_1.0.9-15_m68k.deb
powerpc:
http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-powerpc/sgml-tools_1.0.9-15_powerpc.deb
sparc:
http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-sparc/sgml-tools_1.0.9-15_sparc.deb