DEO> Package: mplayer nws ppp twiki
DEO> Severity: grave
DEO> Tags: security

DEO> This message about the error concerns a few packages  at  once.   I've
DEO> tested all the packages on my Debian mirror.  (post|pre)(inst|rm)  and
DEO> config scripts were tested.

DEO> In some packages I've discovered scripts with errors which may be used
DEO> by a user for damaging important system files.

DEO> For example if a script uses in its work a temp file which is  created
DEO> in /tmp directory, then every user can create symlink  with  the  same
DEO> name in this directory in order to  destroy  or  rewrite  some     system
DEO> file.

DEO> I set Severity into grave for  this  bug.   The  table     of  discovered
DEO> problems is below.

DEO> +------------------+-----------------+----------------------------------
DEO> |    package       |  script         | file for attack
DEO> +------------------+-----------------+----------------------------------
DEO> | mplayer-1.0~rc2  |  config         | /tmp/HACK (pipe)
DEO> |                  |                 |
DEO> | nws-2.13         |  postinst       | /tmp/nws.debug (cp)
DEO> |                  |                 |
mplayer & nws - mistake, sorry

DEO> | ppp-2.4.4rel     |  postinst       | /tmp/probe-finished (rm -f, pipe)
DEO> |                  |  postinst       | /tmp/ppp-errors (rm -f, pipe)
DEO> |   ppp-udeb       |  /etc/ppp/ip-up | /tmp/resolv.conf.tmp (cp)
DEO> |                  |                 |
DEO> | twiki-4.1.2      |  postinst       | /tmp/twiki  (chmod 1777, chown)
DEO> +------------------+-----------------+----------------------------------

I could make few mistakes, sorry if :)

 additional table:

 package                 script in usr/bin   file for attack
 or etc
 or /usr/sbin

 arb_0.0.20071207.1-4            arb-kill                        
/tmp/arb_pids_${USER}_*
                                                                 
/tmp/arb_pids_*_* (rm -f)

 newsgate_1.6-23                 mkmailpost                      /tmp/mmp$$ 
(pipe, rm -f)

 libalps-bin_1.2.2-1             changestylesheet                /tmp/tmp$$ 
(pipe)
                                 convert2html                    /tmp/input$$ 
(pipe)
                                 convert2text                    /tmp/input$$ 
(pipe)
                                 extractgp                       
/tmp/archive2plot$$.xsl (pipe)
                                                                 /tmp/archive$$ 
(pipe)
                                                                 /tmp/plot$$ 
(pipe)
                                 extracthtml                     
/tmp/archive2plot$$.xsl (pipe)
                                                                 /tmp/plot$$ 
(pipe)
                                                                 /tmp/archive$$ 
(pipe)
                                 extracttext                     /tmp/archive$$ 
(pipe)
                                                                 
/tmp/archive2plot$$.xsl (pipe)
                                                                 /tmp/plot$$ 
(pipe)
                                 transformall                    /tmp/archive$$ 
(pipe)
                                                                 /tmp/plot$$ 
(pipe)

 netdisco-mibs-installer_1.0     netdisco-mibs-install           
/tmp/netdisco-mibs-0.6.tar.gz (unpack)
                                 netdisco-mibs-download          
/tmp/netdisco-mibs-0.6.tar.gz (write)

 cman_2.20080801-1               fence_apc_snmp                  /tmp/apclog 
(append)

 nvidia-cg-toolkit_2.0.0015      nvidia-cg-toolkit-installer     
/tmp/nvidia-cg-toolkit-manifest (w)

 osdsh_0.7.0-9                   osdshconfig                     
/tmp/osdsh.$uid (fifo)

 os-prober_1.17                  os-prober                       
/tmp/mounted-map (pipe)
                                                                 
/tmp/raided-map  (pipe)
 netmrg_0.20-1                   rrdedit                         /tmp/$1.xml    
  (pipe)

 xcal_4.1-18                     pscal                           /tmp/pscal$$   
 (pipe, rm -f)

 tkusr_0.82                      tkusr                           /tmp/tkusr.pgm 
 (w)

 tkman_2.2-3                     tkman                           /tmp/ll (pipe)
                                                                 /tmp/tkman$$

 mysql-client-5.1                mysqlbug                        
/tmp/failed-mysql-bugreport (mv)

 libpam-mount_0.43-1             passwdehd                       
/tmp/passwdehd.$$ (pipe, mv)

 libmyspell-dev_3.1-18           i2myspell                       /tmp/i2my$$.1 
(pipe)

 jailer_0.4-9                    updatejail                      
/tmp/$$.updatejail (pipe, append)

 ltp_20060918-2.1                ltpmenu                         
/tmp/runltp.mainmenu.$$ (pipe)

 mafft_6.240-1                   mafft-homologs                  /tmp/_vf$$ 
(pipe)

 mailscanner_4.55.10-3           trend-autoupdate.new            
/tmp/opr.ini.$$ (write)
                                                                 
/tmp/lpt$NEWVER.zip (write, move to /etc/iscan)

 gpsdrive_2.09-2.1               geo-code                        /tmp/geo$$ 
(tempfile)
 (gpsdrive-scripts)                                              /tmp/geo.yahoo 
(pipe)
                                                                 
/tmp/geo.coords (cp)
                                 geo-nearest                     
/tmp/geocaching.loc (cp)
                                                                 /tmp/geo$$.* | 
/tmp/geo.* (pipe, write..)

 flamethrower_0.1.8-1            flamethrower                    
/tmp/multicast.tar.$$ (write, rm)

 dist_3.70-31                    patcil                          /tmp/cil$$ 
(pipe)
                                 paddiff                         /tmp/pdo$$ (cp)
                                                                 /tmp/pdn$$ (cp)

 crip_3.7-3                      editcomment                     
/tmp/$1.tag.tmp (pipe, mv)

 freebsd-sendpr_3.113+5.3        sendbug                         /tmp/pr.$$ (mv)

 apertium_3.0.7+1-1              apertium                        
/tmp/$$odtsalida.zip (write)

 aview_1.3.0rc1-8                asciiview                       
/tmp/aview$$.pgm (mkfifo, pipe)

 fwbuilder_2.1.19-3              fwb_install                     
/tmp/ssh-agent.$$ (pipe)

 mgetty-fax_1.1.36-1.2           faxspool                        /tmp/faxsp.$$ 
(pipe)

 mindi_2.20-2                    mindi                           
/tmp/spongebob.squarepants.txt (pipe)
                                                                 
/tmp/parted2fdisk.log (touch)
                                                                 /tmp/mke2fs.$$ 
(pipe)
                                                                 /tmp/$$.mk 
(pipe)
                                                                 /tmp/*.img, 
/tmp/*.mpt..

 multi-gnome-terminal_1.6.2      mgt-helper                      
/tmp/$WHOAMI.debug (pipe)
                                                                 
/tmp/$WHOAMI.env (pipe)
--
... mpd is off

. ''`. Dmitry E. Oboukhov
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