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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.880801
Category:CentOS Local Security Checks
Title:CentOS Update for dstat CESA-2009:1619 centos5 i386
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'dstat'; package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'dstat'
package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Dstat is a versatile replacement for the vmstat, iostat, and netstat tools.
Dstat can be used for performance tuning tests, benchmarks, and
troubleshooting.

Robert Buchholz of the Gentoo Security Team reported a flaw in the Python
module search path used in dstat. If a local attacker could trick a
local user into running dstat from a directory containing a Python script
that is named like an importable module, they could execute arbitrary code
with the privileges of the user running dstat. (CVE-2009-3894)

All dstat users should upgrade to this updated package, which contains a
backported patch to correct this issue.

Affected Software/OS:
dstat on CentOS 5

Solution:
Please install the updated packages.

CVSS Score:
4.4

CVSS Vector:
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-3894
37131
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37131
37445
http://secunia.com/advisories/37445
37457
http://secunia.com/advisories/37457
60511
http://osvdb.org/60511
GLSA-200911-04
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200911-04.xml
MDVSA-2009:341
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:341
RHSA-2009:1619
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1619.html
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=293497
http://svn.rpmforge.net/svn/trunk/tools/dstat/ChangeLog
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=538459
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8969
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8969
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