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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.51116
Category:Red Hat Local Security Checks
Title:RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2004:244
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:

The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory RHSA-2004:244.

Tripwire is a system integrity assessment tool.

Paul Herman discovered a format string vulnerability in Tripwire version
2.3.1 and earlier. If Tripwire is configured to send reports via email, a
local user could gain privileges by creating a carefully crafted file. The
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned
the name CVE-2004-0536 to this issue.

Users of Tripwire are advised to upgrade to this erratum package which
contains a backported security patch to correct this issue. The erratum
package also contains some minor bug fixes.

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-2004-244.html
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=108627481507249

Risk factor : High

CVSS Score:
7.2

Cross-Ref: BugTraq ID: 10454
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2004-0536
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10454
Bugtraq: 20040602 Format String Vulnerability in Tripwire (Google Search)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108627481507249&w=2
Bugtraq: 20040603 Re: Format String Vulnerability in Tripwire (Google Search)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108630983009228&w=2
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200406-02.xml
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-244.html
XForce ISS Database: tripwire-fprintf-format-string(16309)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16309
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