Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.50444
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu 4.10 USN-4-1 (Standard C library script)
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing an update to Standard C library script announced via advisory USN-4-1. Recently, Trustix Secure Linux discovered some vulnerabilities in the libc6 package. The utilities 'catchsegv' and 'glibcbug' created temporary files in an insecure way, which allowed a symlink attack to create or overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user invoking the program. The following packages are affected: libc6 Solution: The problem can be corrected by upgrading the affected package to version 2.3.2.ds1-13ubuntu2.2. In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. http://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2004-October/000009.html Risk factor : High
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