Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.50944
Category:	Red Hat Local Security Checks
Title:	RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2003:242
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory RHSA-2003:242. Daredevil SKK is a simple Kana to Kanji conversion program, an input method of Japanese for Emacs. ddskk does not take appropriate security precautions when creating temporary files. This bug could potentially be exploited to overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running Emacs and skk. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has allocated the name CVE-2003-0539 to this issue. All users of ddskk should upgrade to these erratum packages containing a backported security patch that corrects this issue. Solution: Please note that this update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003-242.html Risk factor : Medium CVSS Score: 4.6
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2003-0539 Debian Security Information: DSA-343 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-343 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A28 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-242.html
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