Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.66019
Category:	Mandrake Local Security Checks
Title:	Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:263 (sympa)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update to sympa;announced via advisory MDVSA-2009:263.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update to sympa announced via advisory MDVSA-2009:263. Vulnerability Insight: A vulnerability has been found and corrected in sympa: sympa.pl in sympa 5.3.4 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file. NOTE: wwsympa.fcgi was also reported, but the issue occurred in a dead function, so it is not a vulnerability (CVE-2008-4476). This update fixes this vulnerability. Affected: 2008.1, Corporate 4.0, Enterprise Server 5.0 Solution: To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you. CVSS Score: 6.9 CVSS Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-4476 BugTraq ID: 30727 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30727 http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00312.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2 http://secunia.com/advisories/31458 XForce ISS Database: sympa-sympa-symlink(44499) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44499
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