Debian Security Advisory

smtp-refuser -- /tmp file creation problem

Date Reported:
19 Aug 1999
Affected Packages:
smtp-refuser
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-1999-0732.
More information:
Former versions of the smtp-refuser package came with unchecked logging facility to /tmp/log. This allowed deleting arbitrary, root-owned files by any user who has write access to /tmp.
Fixed in:
alpha:
http://security.debian.org/dists/slink/updates/binary-alpha/smtp-refuser_1.0.1_alpha.deb
i386:
http://security.debian.org/dists/slink/updates/binary-i386/smtp-refuser_1.0.1_i386.deb
m68k:
http://security.debian.org/dists/slink/updates/binary-m68k/smtp-refuser_1.0.1_m68k.deb
sparc:
http://security.debian.org/dists/slink/updates/binary-sparc/smtp-refuser_1.0.1_sparc.deb