DSA-279
- Source
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-279
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/dsa-osv/DSA-279.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DSA-279
- Withdrawn
- 2024-05-15T05:36:14Z
- Published
- 2003-04-07T00:00:00Z
- Modified
- 2022-07-04T02:00:57Z
- Summary
- metrics - insecure temporary file creation
- Details
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Paul Szabo and Matt Zimmerman discovered two similar problems in metrics, a tools for software metrics. Two scripts in this package, "halstead" and "gather_stats", open temporary files without taking appropriate security precautions. "halstead" is installed as a user program, while "gather_stats" is only used in an auxiliary script included in the source code. These vulnerabilities could allow a local attacker to overwrite files owned by the user running the scripts, including root.
The stable distribution (woody) is not affected since it doesn't contain a metrics package anymore.
For the old stable distribution (potato) this problem has been fixed in version 1.0-1.1.
The unstable distribution (sid) is not affected since it doesn't contain a metrics package anymore.
We recommend that you upgrade your metrics package.