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=========================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-65-1 January 19, 2005 apache vulnerabilities http://bugs.debian.org/290974 =========================================================== A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 4.10 (Warty Warthog) The following packages are affected: apache-utils The problem can be corrected by upgrading the affected package to version 1.3.31-6ubuntu0.4. In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña noticed that the "check_forensic" script created temporary files in an insecure manner. This could allow a symbolic link attack to create or overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user invoking the program.