USN-172-1: lm-sensors vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 5.04

Details

Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña noticed that the pwmconfig script
created temporary files in an insecure manner. This could allow
a symlink attack to create or overwrite arbitrary files with full
root privileges since pwmconfig is usually executed by root.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 5.04

• lm-sensors -

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

• https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=13887