USN-243-1: tuxpaint vulnerability

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-243-1

16th January, 2006

tuxpaint vulnerability

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

  • Ubuntu 5.10

Details

Javier Fern�ez-Sanguino Pe�iscovered that the tuxpaint-import.sh
script created a temporary file in an insecure way. This could allow a
symlink attack to create or overwrite arbitrary files with the
privileges of the user running tuxpaint.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 5.10:
tuxpaint

To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

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References

CVE-2005-3340