Ubuntu Security Notice USN-172-1
23rd August, 2005
lm-sensors vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 5.04
Details
Javier Fern�ez-Sanguino Pe�oticed 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 version:
- Ubuntu 5.04:
- lm-sensors
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
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