[SECURITY] [DSA 2147-1] Security update for pimd

Debian Security Advisory DSA-2147-1 [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/ Steve Kemp
January 16, 2011 http://www.debian.org/security/faq

Package : pimd
Vulnerability : insecure temporary files
Problem type : local
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID : CVE-2011-0007

Vincent Bernat discovered that pimd, a multicast routing daemon, creates
files with predictable names upon the receipt of particular signals.

For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.1.0-alpha29.17-8.1lenny1.

The testing distribution (squeeze) and the unstable distribution (sid)
will receive updates shortly.

We recommend that you upgrade your pimd packages.

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