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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 >> [DSA325] DSA-325-1 eldav Vulnerability Assessment Details
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[DSA325] DSA-325-1 eldav |
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DSA-325-1 eldav Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment eldav, a WebDAV client for Emacs, creates temporary files without taking appropriate security precautions. This vulnerability could be exploited by a local user to create or overwrite files with the rights of the user running emacs and eldav. For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.0.20020411-1woody1. The old stable distribution (potato) does not contain an eldav package. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 0.7.2-1. We recommend that you update your eldav package. Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-325 Network Security Threat Level: High Networks Security ID: 7987 Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is (C) 2005 Michel Arboi |
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