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Family: Debian Local Security Checks --> Category: infos
[DSA835] DSA-835-1 cfengine Vulnerability Scan
Vulnerability Scan Summary
DSA-835-1 cfengine
Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Test
Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña discovered several insecure temporary
file uses in cfengine, a tool for configuring and maintaining
networked machines, that can be exploited by a symlink attack to
overwrite arbitrary files owned by the user executing cfengine, which
is probably root.
For the old stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in
version 1.6.3-9woody1.
For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in
version 1.6.5-1sarge1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems will be fixed soon.
We recommend that you upgrade your cfengine package.
Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-835
Threat Level: High
Click HERE for more information and discussions on this network vulnerability scan.
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