New net-acct packages are available for Debian GNU/Linux

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Debian Security Advisory DSA 559-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze
October 6th, 2004 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : net-acct
Vulnerability : insecure temporary file
Problem-Type : local
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID : CAN-2004-0851
Debian Bug : 270359

Stefan Nordhausen has identified a local security hole in net-acct, a user-mode IP accounting daemon. Old and redundant code from some time way back in the past created a temporary file in an insecure fashion.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.71-5woody1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 0.71-7.

We recommend that you upgrade your net-acct package.



Upgrade Instructions
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wget url
will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
will install the referenced file.

If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for sources.list as given below:

apt-get update
will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade
will install corrected packages

You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the footer to the proper configuration.


Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody
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Source archives:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/net-acct/net-acct_0.71-5woody1.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 562 72c93549d6dd86d7365d206706ff9a62
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/net-acct/net-acct_0.71-5woody1.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 9950 ab1dd923a4e18d520793c34738d2a8f4
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/net-acct/net-acct_0.71.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 44741 87daae6d4b06144534205b3fc201c058

Alpha architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/net-acct/net-acct_0.71-5woody1_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 52922 339d98c59e34655dc8762e076251fbd3

ARM architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/net-acct/net-acct_0.71-5woody1_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 50096 f7a21521634202264dacfae238716bf5

Intel IA-32 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/net-acct/net-acct_0.71-5woody1_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 49346 c90d2f7b3f777905c5f8f90f8edd6b57

Intel IA-64 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/net-acct/net-acct_0.71-5woody1_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 58530 df761be43caec7fa543d37279c265afd

HP Precision architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/net-acct/net-acct_0.71-5woody1_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 51702 145f469e3c2bfae125ff4e0a23729a0a

Motorola 680x0 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/net-acct/net-acct_0.71-5woody1_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 46882 e1dabe763136c5cfd0b04de8fd691fb7

Big endian MIPS architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/net-acct/net-acct_0.71-5woody1_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 49332 7393517e4ac4f83e0fbc6efda5118a2f

Little endian MIPS architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/net-acct/net-acct_0.71-5woody1_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 49380 60ae8a7d4c1265fb07adaaf6d49cbe2f

PowerPC architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/net-acct/net-acct_0.71-5woody1_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 49824 3442f397b0db858aa4bfb9e4d418a5f4

IBM S/390 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/net-acct/net-acct_0.71-5woody1_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 47688 69c06b385a4ff25df34dd60052c88fc4

Sun Sparc architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/net-acct/net-acct_0.71-5woody1_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 51684 083a1078e261fd3621f37f17c8305885


These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on its next update.