Debian Security Advisory

DSA-865-1 hylafax -- insecure temporary files

Date Reported:

13 Oct 2005

Affected Packages:

hylafax

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2005-3069.

More information:

Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña discovered that several scripts of the hylafax suite, a flexible client/server fax software, create temporary files and directories in an insecure fashion, leaving them vulnerable to symlink exploits.

For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 4.1.1-3.2.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 4.2.1-5sarge1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 4.2.2-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your hylafax packages.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)

Source:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax_4.1.1-3.2.dsc; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax_4.1.1-3.2.diff.gz; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax_4.1.1.orig.tar.gz
Architecture-independent component:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-doc_4.1.1-3.2_all.deb
Alpha:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-client_4.1.1-3.2_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-server_4.1.1-3.2_alpha.deb
ARM:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-client_4.1.1-3.2_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-server_4.1.1-3.2_arm.deb
Intel IA-32:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-client_4.1.1-3.2_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-server_4.1.1-3.2_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-client_4.1.1-3.2_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-server_4.1.1-3.2_ia64.deb
HPPA:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-client_4.1.1-3.2_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-server_4.1.1-3.2_hppa.deb
Motorola 680x0:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-client_4.1.1-3.2_m68k.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-server_4.1.1-3.2_m68k.deb
PowerPC:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-client_4.1.1-3.2_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-server_4.1.1-3.2_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-client_4.1.1-3.2_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-server_4.1.1-3.2_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-client_4.1.1-3.2_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-server_4.1.1-3.2_sparc.deb

Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)

Source:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax_4.2.1-5sarge1.dsc; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax_4.2.1-5sarge1.diff.gz; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax_4.2.1.orig.tar.gz
Architecture-independent component:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-doc_4.2.1-5sarge1_all.deb
Alpha:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-client_4.2.1-5sarge1_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-server_4.2.1-5sarge1_alpha.deb
AMD64:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-client_4.2.1-5sarge1_amd64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-server_4.2.1-5sarge1_amd64.deb
ARM:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-client_4.2.1-5sarge1_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-server_4.2.1-5sarge1_arm.deb
Intel IA-32:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-client_4.2.1-5sarge1_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-server_4.2.1-5sarge1_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-client_4.2.1-5sarge1_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-server_4.2.1-5sarge1_ia64.deb
HPPA:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-client_4.2.1-5sarge1_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-server_4.2.1-5sarge1_hppa.deb
Motorola 680x0:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-client_4.2.1-5sarge1_m68k.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-server_4.2.1-5sarge1_m68k.deb
Big endian MIPS:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-client_4.2.1-5sarge1_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-server_4.2.1-5sarge1_mips.deb
Little endian MIPS:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-client_4.2.1-5sarge1_mipsel.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-server_4.2.1-5sarge1_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-client_4.2.1-5sarge1_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-server_4.2.1-5sarge1_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-client_4.2.1-5sarge1_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-server_4.2.1-5sarge1_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-client_4.2.1-5sarge1_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/h/hylafax/hylafax-server_4.2.1-5sarge1_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.