TITLE:
Debian update for module-assistant

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA17267

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/17267/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Debian GNU/Linux 3.1
http://secunia.com/product/5307/
Debian GNU/Linux unstable alias sid
http://secunia.com/product/530/

DESCRIPTION:
Debian has issued an update for module-assistant. This fixes a
vulnerability, which potentially can be exploited by malicious, local
users to perform certain actions on a vulnerable system with escalated
privileges.

The vulnerability is caused due to an insecure temporary file
creation error in the module-assistant rule-file. This can
potentially be exploited via symlink attacks to create or overwrite
arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running the affected
script.

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages.

-- Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 alias sarge --

Source archives:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/module-assistant/module-assistant_0.9sarge1.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 547 8b180e18564389093ca82a9269996187
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/module-assistant/module-assistant_0.9sarge1.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 72635 3ca34cff020ac117570a1fdb05626512

Architecture independent components:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/m/module-assistant/module-assistant_0.9sarge1_all.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 71812 a793ec02a1d6a0514c7239085403a1b7

-- Debian GNU/Linux unstable alias sid --

Fixed in version 0.9.10.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits Eduard Bloch.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-867

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