From martin.pitt@canonical.com Mon Nov 1 17:50:35 2004 From: Martin Pitt To: ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com Cc: full-disclosure@lists.netsys.com, bugtraq@securityfocus.com Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2004 18:24:40 +0100 Subject: [Full-Disclosure] [USN-13-1] groff utility vulnerability =========================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-13-1 November 1, 2004 groff utility vulnerability CAN-2004-0969 =========================================================== A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 4.10 (Warty Warthog) The following packages are affected: groff The problem can be corrected by upgrading the affected package to version 1.18.1.1-1ubuntu0.1. In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: Recently, Trustix Secure Linux discovered a vulnerability in the groff package. The utility "groffer" created a temporary directory in an insecure way, which allowed exploitation of a race condition to create or overwrite files with the privileges of the user invoking the program. Source archives: http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/groff/groff_1.18.1.1-1ubuntu0.1.diff.gz Size/MD5: 122858 a92b7aa4bc54084f4b23b5b9e5ac3c93 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/groff/groff_1.18.1.1-1ubuntu0.1.dsc Size/MD5: 715 43ca684c0d8f9043bbe1379b8f974775 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/groff/groff_1.18.1.1.orig.tar.gz Size/MD5: 2260623 511dbd64b67548c99805f1521f82cc5e amd64 architecture (Athlon64, Opteron, EM64T Xeon) http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/groff/groff-base_1.18.1.1-1ubuntu0.1_amd64.deb Size/MD5: 856182 2cd0d31b4bff4b82cffb7a908b505e9b http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/groff/groff_1.18.1.1-1ubuntu0.1_amd64.deb Size/MD5: 1889974 32f2d724e153d7fcf0674dadf5a7ed09 i386 architecture (x86 compatible Intel/AMD) http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/groff/groff-base_1.18.1.1-1ubuntu0.1_i386.deb Size/MD5: 807494 58587e715f46456b8835e1a2e79e99a6 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/groff/groff_1.18.1.1-1ubuntu0.1_i386.deb Size/MD5: 1843024 5361659b8437d45e3d1d64be03269c8d powerpc architecture (Apple Macintosh G3/G4/G5) http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/groff/groff-base_1.18.1.1-1ubuntu0.1_powerpc.deb Size/MD5: 860482 068d0a03621f0194cc518b6c0bc8d7b4 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/groff/groff_1.18.1.1-1ubuntu0.1_powerpc.deb Size/MD5: 1885040 ab4b353bac496dc2ef4d2873bbbc67a2 [ Part 2, "Digital signature" Application/PGP-SIGNATURE 196bytes. ] [ Unable to print this part. ]