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Dan Mueth ScrollKeeper Tempfile Symbolic Link Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: vuldb@securityfocus.com <mailto:vuldb@securityfocus.com>.

Debian has released fixes for this issue. Links to the fixes can be found in Debian advisory DSA 160-1 in the references section.

Gentoo Linux users are advised to update systems using the following steps:
emerge rsync
emerge scrollkeeper
emerge clean

Red Hat has released an update that prevents ScrollKeeper from following symbolic links:


Dan Mueth ScrollKeeper 0.3

• Debian scrollkeeper_0.3.6-3.1.dsc
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/scrollkeeper/scrollkeep er_0.3.6-3.1.dsc


• Red Hat scrollkeeper-0.3.4-5.i386.rpm
  ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/i386/scrollkeeper-0.3.4-5.i386.rpm


• Red Hat scrollkeeper-0.3.4-5.src.rpm
  Source RPM for Red Hat 7.3
  ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/SRPMS/scrollkeeper-0.3.4-5.src.rpm

Dan Mueth ScrollKeeper 0.3.1

• Debian libscrollkeeper-dev_0.3.6-3.1_alpha.deb
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/scrollkeeper/libscrollk eeper-dev_0.3.6-3.1_alpha.deb


• Debian libscrollkeeper-dev_0.3.6-3.1_arm.deb
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/scrollkeeper/libscrollk eeper-dev_0.3.6-3.1_arm.deb


• Debian libscrollkeeper-dev_0.3.6-3.1_i386.deb
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/scrollkeeper/libscrollk eeper-dev_0.3.6-3.1_i386.deb


• Debian libscrollkeeper0_0.3.6-3.1_alpha.deb
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/scrollkeeper/libscrollk eeper0_0.3.6-3.1_alpha.deb


• Debian libscrollkeeper0_0.3.6-3.1_arm.deb
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/scrollkeeper/libscrollk eeper0_0.3.6-3.1_arm.deb


• Debian libscrollkeeper0_0.3.6-3.1_i386.deb
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/scrollkeeper/libscrollk eeper0_0.3.6-3.1_i386.deb


• Debian libscrollkeeper0_0.3.6-3.1_mips.deb
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/scrollkeeper/libscrollk eeper0_0.3.6-3.1_mips.deb


• Debian scrollkeeper_0.3.6-3.1.diff.gz
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/scrollkeeper/scrollkeep er_0.3.6-3.1.diff.gz


• Debian scrollkeeper_0.3.6-3.1.dsc
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/scrollkeeper/scrollkeep er_0.3.6-3.1.dsc


• Debian scrollkeeper_0.3.6-3.1_alpha.deb
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/scrollkeeper/scrollkeep er_0.3.6-3.1_alpha.deb


• Debian scrollkeeper_0.3.6-3.1_arm.deb
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/scrollkeeper/scrollkeep er_0.3.6-3.1_arm.deb


• Debian scrollkeeper_0.3.6-3.1_i386.deb
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/scrollkeeper/scrollkeep er_0.3.6-3.1_i386.deb


• Debian scrollkeeper_0.3.6-3.1_ia64.deb
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/scrollkeeper/scrollkeep er_0.3.6-3.1_ia64.deb


• Debian scrollkeeper_0.3.6-3.1_mips.deb
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/scrollkeeper/scrollkeep er_0.3.6-3.1_mips.deb


• Red Hat scrollkeeper-0.3.4-5.i386.rpm
  ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/i386/scrollkeeper-0.3.4-5.i386.rpm


• Red Hat scrollkeeper-0.3.4-5.src.rpm
  Source RPM for Red Hat 7.3
  ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/SRPMS/scrollkeeper-0.3.4-5.src.rpm

Dan Mueth ScrollKeeper 0.3.11

• Debian scrollkeeper_0.3.6-3.1.diff.gz
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/scrollkeeper/scrollkeep er_0.3.6-3.1.diff.gz


• Debian scrollkeeper_0.3.6-3.1.dsc
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/scrollkeeper/scrollkeep er_0.3.6-3.1.dsc


• Red Hat scrollkeeper-0.3.4-5.i386.rpm
  ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/i386/scrollkeeper-0.3.4-5.i386.rpm


• Red Hat scrollkeeper-0.3.4-5.src.rpm
  Source RPM for Red Hat 7.3
  ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/SRPMS/scrollkeeper-0.3.4-5.src.rpm

Dan Mueth ScrollKeeper 0.3.4

• Red Hat scrollkeeper-0.3.4-5.i386.rpm
  ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/i386/scrollkeeper-0.3.4-5.i386.rpm


• Red Hat scrollkeeper-0.3.4-5.src.rpm
  Source RPM for Red Hat 7.3
  ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/SRPMS/scrollkeeper-0.3.4-5.src.rpm

Dan Mueth ScrollKeeper 0.3.5

• Red Hat scrollkeeper-0.3.4-5.i386.rpm
  ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/i386/scrollkeeper-0.3.4-5.i386.rpm


• Red Hat scrollkeeper-0.3.4-5.src.rpm
  Source RPM for Red Hat 7.3
  ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/SRPMS/scrollkeeper-0.3.4-5.src.rpm

Dan Mueth ScrollKeeper 0.3.6

• Debian libscrollkeeper-dev_0.3.6-3.1_alpha.deb
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/scrollkeeper/libscrollk eeper-dev_0.3.6-3.1_alpha.deb


• Debian libscrollkeeper-dev_0.3.6-3.1_arm.deb
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/scrollkeeper/libscrollk eeper-dev_0.3.6-3.1_arm.deb


• Debian libscrollkeeper-dev_0.3.6-3.1_i386.deb
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/scrollkeeper/libscrollk eeper-dev_0.3.6-3.1_i386.deb


• Debian libscrollkeeper0_0.3.6-3.1_alpha.deb
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/scrollkeeper/libscrollk eeper0_0.3.6-3.1_alpha.deb


• Debian libscrollkeeper0_0.3.6-3.1_arm.deb
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/scrollkeeper/libscrollk eeper0_0.3.6-3.1_arm.deb


• Debian libscrollkeeper0_0.3.6-3.1_i386.deb
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/scrollkeeper/libscrollk eeper0_0.3.6-3.1_i386.deb


• Debian libscrollkeeper0_0.3.6-3.1_mips.deb
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/scrollkeeper/libscrollk eeper0_0.3.6-3.1_mips.deb


• Debian scrollkeeper_0.3.6-3.1.diff.gz
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/scrollkeeper/scrollkeep er_0.3.6-3.1.diff.gz


• Debian scrollkeeper_0.3.6-3.1.dsc
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/scrollkeeper/scrollkeep er_0.3.6-3.1.dsc


• Debian scrollkeeper_0.3.6-3.1_alpha.deb
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/scrollkeeper/scrollkeep er_0.3.6-3.1_alpha.deb


• Debian scrollkeeper_0.3.6-3.1_arm.deb
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/scrollkeeper/scrollkeep er_0.3.6-3.1_arm.deb


• Debian scrollkeeper_0.3.6-3.1_i386.deb
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/scrollkeeper/scrollkeep er_0.3.6-3.1_i386.deb


• Debian scrollkeeper_0.3.6-3.1_ia64.deb
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/scrollkeeper/scrollkeep er_0.3.6-3.1_ia64.deb


• Debian scrollkeeper_0.3.6-3.1_mips.deb
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/scrollkeeper/scrollkeep er_0.3.6-3.1_mips.deb


• Debian scrollkeeper_0.3.6.orig.tar.gz
  http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/scrollkeeper/scrollkeep er_0.3.6.orig.tar.gz