Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.130035
Category:	Mageia Linux Local Security Checks
Title:	Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2015-0352)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'util-linux' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2015-0352 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'util-linux' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2015-0352 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: Updated util-linux packages fix security vulnerability: The chfn and chsh commands in util-linux's login-utils are vulnerable to a file name collision due to incorrect mkstemp usage. If the chfn and chsh binaries are both setuid-root they eventually call mkostemp in such a way that an attacker could repeatedly call them and eventually be able to overwrite certain files in /etc (CVE-2015-5224). Affected Software/OS: 'util-linux' package(s) on Mageia 5. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 7.5 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-5224 76467 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76467 [oss-security] 20150824 CVE-2015-5224 login-utils: file name collision due to incorrect mkstemp use http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/24/3 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1256686 https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/commit/bde91c85bdc77975155058276f99d2e0f5eab5a9
Copyright	Copyright (C) 2015 Greenbone AG

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