Ubuntu Security Notice USN-198-1
10th October, 2005
cfengine vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 5.04
- Ubuntu 4.10
Details
Javier Fern�ez-Sanguino Pe�iscovered that several tools in the
cfengine package (vicf, cfmailfilter, and cfcron) create and use
temporary files in an insecure way. A local attacker could exploit
this with a symlink attack to create or overwrite arbitrary files with
the privileges of the user running the cfengine program.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
- Ubuntu 5.04:
- cfengine
- Ubuntu 4.10:
- cfengine
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
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