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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 >> [DSA521] DSA-521-1 sup Vulnerability Assessment Details
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[DSA521] DSA-521-1 sup |
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DSA-521-1 sup Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment jaguar@felinemenace.org discovered a format string vulnerability in sup, a set of programs to synchronize collections of files across a number of machines, whereby a remote attacker could potentially cause arbitrary code to be executed with the rights of the supfilesrv process (this process does not run automatically by default). CVE-2004-0451: format string vulnerabilities in sup via syslog(3) in logquit, logerr, loginfo functions For the current stable distribution (woody), this problem has been fixed in version 1.8-8woody2. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem will be fixed soon. We recommend that you update your sup package. Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-521 Network Security Threat Level: High Networks Security ID: 10571 Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is (C) 2005 Michel Arboi |
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