4.6 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
The last update of tkdiff contained a programming error which is
fixed by this version. Â For completeness we’re adding the original
advisory text:
>
> Javier FernĂĄndez-Sanguino PeĂąa from the Debian Security Audit project
> discovered that tkdiff, a graphical side by side “diff” utility,
> creates temporary files in an insecure fashion.
>
>
>
For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in
version 3.08-3woody1.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in
version 4.0.2-1sarge1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 4.0.2-4.
We recommend that you upgrade your tkdiff package.