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MDKSA-2006:038: groff

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Check for the version of the groff package

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory MDKSA-2006:038 (groff).

The Trustix Secure Linux team discovered a vulnerability in the groffer
utility, part of the groff package. It created a temporary directory in an
insecure way which permited for the exploitation of a race condition to create
or overwrite files the rights of the user invoking groffer. Likewise,
similar temporary file issues were fixed in the pic2graph and eqn2graph
programs which now use mktemp to create temporary files, as discovered by
Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pena. The updated packages have been patched to
correct this issue.

Solution : http://wwwnew.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:038
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID:

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2006 Tenable Network Security

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