1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-5-1

USN-5-1: gettext vulnerabilities

Publication date

27 October 2004

Overview

gettext vulnerabilities

Releases

Details

Recently, Trustix Secure Linux discovered some vulnerabilities in the
gettext package. The programs “autopoint” and “gettextize” created
temporary files in an insecure way, which allowed a symlink attack to
create or overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user
invoking the program.

Recently, Trustix Secure Linux discovered some vulnerabilities in the
gettext package. The programs “autopoint” and “gettextize” created
temporary files in an insecure way, which allowed a symlink attack to
create or overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user
invoking the program.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
4.10 warty gettext – 

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