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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.10.2014.0289
Category:Mageia Linux Local Security Checks
Title:Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2014-0289)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'dpkg' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2014-0289 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'dpkg' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2014-0289 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Jakub Wilk discovered that dpkg did not correctly parse C-style filename
quoting, allowing for paths to be traversed when unpacking a source package,
leading to the creation of files outside the directory of the source being
unpacked (CVE-2014-0471).

Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in dpkg that allow file modification
through path traversal when unpacking source packages with especially-crafted
patch files (CVE-2014-3864, CVE-2014-3865).

Affected Software/OS:
'dpkg' package(s) on Mageia 3, Mageia 4.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
6.4

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-0471
BugTraq ID: 67106
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67106
Debian Security Information: DSA-2915 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2915
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2183-1
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-3864
BugTraq ID: 67725
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67725
Debian Security Information: DSA-2953 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2953
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/25/2
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2242-1
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-3865
BugTraq ID: 67727
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67727
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