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Family: Debian Local Security Checks --> Category: infos
[DSA304] DSA-304-1 lv Vulnerability Scan
Vulnerability Scan Summary
DSA-304-1 lv
Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Test
Leonard Stiles discovered that lv, a multilingual file viewer, would
read options from a configuration file in the current directory.
Because such a file could be placed there by a malicious user, and lv
configuration options can be used to execute commands, this
represented a security vulnerability. A possible hacker could gain the
rights of the user invoking lv, including root.
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in
version 4.49.4-7woody2.
For the old stable distribution (potato) this problem has been fixed
in version 4.49.3-4potato2.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem is fixed in version
4.49.5-2.
We recommend that you update your lv package.
Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-304
Threat Level: High
Click HERE for more information and discussions on this network vulnerability scan.
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