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Ubuntu alert USN-24-1 (openssl script)

From:  Martin Pitt <martin.pitt@canonical.com>
To:  ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com
Subject:  [USN-24-1] openssl script vulnerability
Date:  Thu, 11 Nov 2004 22:58:36 +0100
Cc:  bugtraq@securityfocus.com, full-disclosure@lists.netsys.com

=========================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-24-1 November 11, 2004 openssl script vulnerability CAN-2004-0975 =========================================================== A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 4.10 (Warty Warthog) The following packages are affected: openssl The problem can be corrected by upgrading the affected package to version 0.9.7d-3ubuntu0.1. In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: Recently, Trustix Secure Linux discovered a vulnerability in the openssl package. The auxiliary script "der_chop" created temporary files in an insecure way, which could allow a symlink attack to create or overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user invoking the program. Source archives: http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/o/openssl/ope... Size/MD5: 25295 881c617310b90b1a23170c3af67b1326 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/o/openssl/ope... Size/MD5: 636 9ac30cc189e6af361873ef8bbae464de http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/o/openssl/ope... Size/MD5: 2799796 533b7f758325d74c1e01e67994e3ae59 amd64 architecture (Athlon64, Opteron, EM64T Xeon) http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/o/openssl/lib... Size/MD5: 2676308 b01867418c6f2a038be827927fdd00aa http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/o/openssl/lib... Size/MD5: 696844 18ab0899bd1532f1ad91f41dd65f08d4 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/o/openssl/ope... Size/MD5: 899612 711904323e819ac90f7aad08f1bc3631 i386 architecture (x86 compatible Intel/AMD) http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/o/openssl/lib... Size/MD5: 2477088 8914e8d13dc84b1756bec1c4b19ac2a5 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/o/openssl/lib... Size/MD5: 2152878 ff51693973742936138ad42c90fb065e http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/o/openssl/ope... Size/MD5: 898268 adb9c7c755a144f8c5a8bc1bdc157b44 powerpc architecture (Apple Macintosh G3/G4/G5) http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/o/openssl/lib... Size/MD5: 2759022 1d316d0e83b4b4686d91a7e92512c6ca http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/o/openssl/lib... Size/MD5: 700616 aef52c3c1fdeaa12773691b3bac4f57d http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/o/openssl/ope... Size/MD5: 904250 b2b9f62f80982a8ea6d20ce5fc06884d -- ubuntu-security-announce mailing list ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-security-...


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