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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.56996
Category:Mandrake Local Security Checks
Title:Mandrake Security Advisory MDKSA-2006:107 (arts)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:

The remote host is missing an update to arts
announced via advisory MDKSA-2006:107.

A vulnerability in the artswrapper program, when installed setuid root,
could enable a local user to elevate their privileges to that of root.

By default, Mandriva Linux does not ship artswrapper setuid root,
however if a user or system administrator enables the setuid bit on
artswrapper, their system could be at risk,

The updated packages have been patched to correct these issues.

Affected: 2006.0, Corporate 3.0

Solution:
To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification
of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=MDKSA-2006:107

Risk factor : High

CVSS Score:
6.0

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2006-2916
BugTraq ID: 18429
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18429
BugTraq ID: 23697
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23697
Bugtraq: 20060615 rPSA-2006-0105-1 arts (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/437362/100/0/threaded
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-22.xml
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-22.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:107
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/beast/2006-December/msg00025.html
http://www.osvdb.org/26506
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016298
http://secunia.com/advisories/20677
http://secunia.com/advisories/20786
http://secunia.com/advisories/20827
http://secunia.com/advisories/20868
http://secunia.com/advisories/20899
http://secunia.com/advisories/25032
http://secunia.com/advisories/25059
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.468256
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2006:015 (Google Search)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_38_security.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2357
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0409
XForce ISS Database: arts-artwrapper-privilege-escalation(27221)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27221
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