Debian Security Advisory
DSA-1068-1 fbi -- insecure temporary file
- Date Reported:
- 20 May 2006
- Affected Packages:
- fbi
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 361370.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2006-1695. - More information:
-
Jan Braun discovered that the fbgs script of fbi, an image viewer for the framebuffer environment, creates an directory in a predictable manner, which allows denial of service through symlink attacks.
For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.23woody1.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 2.01-1.2sarge1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed soon.
We recommend that you upgrade your fbi package.
- Fixed in:
-
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fbi/fbi_1.23woody1.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fbi/fbi_1.23woody1.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fbi/fbi_1.23woody1.tar.gz
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fbi/fbi_1.23woody1_alpha.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fbi/fbi_1.23woody1_arm.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fbi/fbi_1.23woody1_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fbi/fbi_1.23woody1_ia64.deb
- HPPA:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fbi/fbi_1.23woody1_hppa.deb
- Motorola 680x0:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fbi/fbi_1.23woody1_m68k.deb
- Big endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fbi/fbi_1.23woody1_mips.deb
- Little endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fbi/fbi_1.23woody1_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fbi/fbi_1.23woody1_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fbi/fbi_1.23woody1_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fbi/fbi_1.23woody1_sparc.deb
Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fbi/fbi_2.01-1.2sarge1.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fbi/fbi_2.01-1.2sarge1.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fbi/fbi_2.01.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fbi/fbi_2.01-1.2sarge1.diff.gz
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fbi/exiftran_2.01-1.2sarge1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fbi/fbi_2.01-1.2sarge1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fbi/fbi_2.01-1.2sarge1_alpha.deb
- AMD64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fbi/exiftran_2.01-1.2sarge1_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fbi/fbi_2.01-1.2sarge1_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fbi/fbi_2.01-1.2sarge1_amd64.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fbi/exiftran_2.01-1.2sarge1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fbi/fbi_2.01-1.2sarge1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fbi/fbi_2.01-1.2sarge1_arm.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fbi/exiftran_2.01-1.2sarge1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fbi/fbi_2.01-1.2sarge1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fbi/fbi_2.01-1.2sarge1_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fbi/exiftran_2.01-1.2sarge1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fbi/fbi_2.01-1.2sarge1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fbi/fbi_2.01-1.2sarge1_ia64.deb
- HPPA:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fbi/exiftran_2.01-1.2sarge1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fbi/fbi_2.01-1.2sarge1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fbi/fbi_2.01-1.2sarge1_hppa.deb
- Motorola 680x0:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fbi/exiftran_2.01-1.2sarge1_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fbi/fbi_2.01-1.2sarge1_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fbi/fbi_2.01-1.2sarge1_m68k.deb
- Big endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fbi/exiftran_2.01-1.2sarge1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fbi/fbi_2.01-1.2sarge1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fbi/fbi_2.01-1.2sarge1_mips.deb
- Little endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fbi/exiftran_2.01-1.2sarge1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fbi/fbi_2.01-1.2sarge1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fbi/fbi_2.01-1.2sarge1_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fbi/exiftran_2.01-1.2sarge1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fbi/fbi_2.01-1.2sarge1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fbi/fbi_2.01-1.2sarge1_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fbi/exiftran_2.01-1.2sarge1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fbi/fbi_2.01-1.2sarge1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fbi/fbi_2.01-1.2sarge1_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fbi/exiftran_2.01-1.2sarge1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fbi/fbi_2.01-1.2sarge1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/f/fbi/fbi_2.01-1.2sarge1_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.