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If through a vulnerability assessment, a network security issue is detected for the vulnerability below, applying the appropriate security patches in a timely matter is very important. If you have detected that your system has already been compromised, following CERT's Network Security recovery document will assist with recommended steps for system recovery. Home >> Browse Vulnerability Assessment Database >> Debian Local Security Checks >> [DSA160] DSA-160-1 scrollkeeper Vulnerability Assessment Details
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[DSA160] DSA-160-1 scrollkeeper |
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DSA-160-1 scrollkeeper Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment Spybreak discovered a problem in scrollkeeper, a free electronic cataloging system for documentation. The scrollkeeper-get-cl program creates temporary files in an insecure manner in /tmp using guessable filenames. Since scrollkeeper is called automatically when a user logs into a Gnome session, a possible hacker with local access can easily create and overwrite files as another user. This problem has been fixed in version 0.3.6-3.1 for the current stable distribution (woody) and in version 0.3.11-2 for the unstable distribution (sid). The old stable distribution (potato) is not affected, since it doesn't contain the scrollkeeper package. We recommend that you upgrade your scrollkeeper packages immediately. Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-160 Network Security Threat Level: High Networks Security ID: 5602 Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is (C) 2005 Michel Arboi |
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