Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.51196
Category:	Red Hat Local Security Checks
Title:	RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2003:048
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory RHSA-2003:048. An insecure use of a temporary file has been found in Python. Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language. Zack Weinberg discovered that os._execvpe from os.py in Python 2.2.1 and earlier creates temporary files with predictable names. This could allow local users to execute arbitrary code via a symlink attack All users should upgrade to these errata packages which include a patch to python 1.5.2 to correct 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-2003-048.html http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=156556 Risk factor : Medium CVSS Score: 4.6
Cross-Ref:	BugTraq ID: 5581 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2002-1119 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5581 Bugtraq: 20030123 [OpenPKG-SA-2003.006] OpenPKG Security Advisory (python) (Google Search) http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104333092200589&w=2 Caldera Security Advisory: CSSA-2002-045.0 ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-045.0.txt Conectiva Linux advisory: CLA-2002:527 http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000527 Debian Security Information: DSA-159 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-159 http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-082.php http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2002-August/027229.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-202.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-048.html http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10009.php
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