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Message-ID: <m1ErBj0-000ofSC@finlandia.Infodrom.North.DE>
Date: Tue Dec 27 10:07:21 2005
From: joey at infodrom.org (Martin Schulze)
Subject: [SECURITY] [DSA 927-1] New tkdiff packages fix
	insecure temporary file creation

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Debian Security Advisory DSA 927-1                     security@...ian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/                             Martin Schulze
December 27th, 2005                     http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : tkdiff
Vulnerability  : insecure temporary file
Problem type   : local
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID         : CVE-2005-3343

Javier Fern?ndez-Sanguino Pe?a from the Debian Security Audit project
discovered that tkdiff, a graphical side by side "diff" utility,
creates temporary files in an insecure fashion.

For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in
version 3.08-3woody0.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in
version 4.0.2-1sarge0.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 4.0.2-2.

We recommend that you upgrade your tkdiff package.


Upgrade Instructions
- --------------------

wget url
        will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
        will install the referenced file.

If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given below:

apt-get update
        will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade
        will install corrected packages

You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
footer to the proper configuration.


Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody
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  Source archives:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tkdiff/tkdiff_3.08-3woody0.dsc
      Size/MD5 checksum:      568 f331eee995b5ec3b5346b519c7147ee4
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tkdiff/tkdiff_3.08-3woody0.diff.gz
      Size/MD5 checksum:     3685 f00859ddd284e8016728b5a1d00b6fdd
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tkdiff/tkdiff_3.08.orig.tar.gz
      Size/MD5 checksum:    63171 197e9bee9812a5698889c589efd9b1ee

  Architecture independent components:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tkdiff/tkdiff_3.08-3woody0_all.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    67308 7314490886f96610a31f71bc22513c7f


Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 alias sarge
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  Source archives:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tkdiff/tkdiff_4.0.2-1sarge0.dsc
      Size/MD5 checksum:      571 e54f2d9fcd23c386640502fbe119e2b0
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tkdiff/tkdiff_4.0.2-1sarge0.diff.gz
      Size/MD5 checksum:     3973 decabcedfbb5b9fc7dfa8a48b661b563
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tkdiff/tkdiff_4.0.2.orig.tar.gz
      Size/MD5 checksum:    86258 c52f7d8d87ebe34fbba6b6bdf30f3c60

  Architecture independent components:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tkdiff/tkdiff_4.0.2-1sarge0_all.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    85468 c5fe0c83bfb827e2903a045767f03ded


  These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
  its next update.

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For apt-get: deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main
For dpkg-ftp: ftp://security.debian.org/debian-security dists/stable/updates/main
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@...ts.debian.org
Package info: `apt-cache show <pkg>' and http://packages.debian.org/<pkg>

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