---------------------------------------------------------------------- Secunia Network Software Inspector 2.0 (NSI) - Public Beta 15 days left of beta period. The 1st generation of the Secunia Network Software Inspector (NSI) has been available for corporate users for almost 1 year and its been a tremendous success. The 2nd generation Secunia NSI is built on the same technology as the award winning Secunia PSI, which has already been downloaded and installed on more than 400,000 computers world wide. Learn more / Download (instant access): http://secunia.com/network_software_inspector_2/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Cecilia "/tmp/csvers" Insecure Temporary File Handling SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA29832 VERIFY ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/29832/ CRITICAL: Not critical IMPACT: Privilege escalation WHERE: Local system SOFTWARE: Cecilia 2.x http://secunia.com/product/18404/ DESCRIPTION: Felipe Sateler has discovered a security issue in Cecilia, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain actions with escalated privileges. The security issue is caused due to the "locateCsound()" function in lib/prefs.tcl using the temporary file "/tmp/csvers" in an insecure manner. This can be exploited to overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running Cecilia. The security issue is confirmed in version 2.0.5. Other versions may also be affected. SOLUTION: Restrict access to trusted people only. PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY: Felipe Sateler ORIGINAL ADVISORY: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=476321 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- About: This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help everybody keeping their systems up to date against the latest vulnerabilities. Subscribe: http://secunia.com/secunia_security_advisories/ Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.) http://secunia.com/about_secunia_advisories/ Please Note: Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive by clicking the link. Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories. Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only use those supplied by the vendor. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: Secunia Security Advisories http://secunia.com/sec_adv_unsubscribe/?email=packet%40packetstormsecurity.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------