Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.52789
Category:	Fedora Local Security Checks
Title:	Fedora Legacy Security Advisory FLSA-2004:1581
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory FLSA-2004:1581. The flim package includes a MIME library for GNU Emacs and XEmacs used by the wl mail package. Tatsuya Kinoshita discovered a vulnerability in flim, an emacs library for working with Internet messages. Temporary files were being created without taking adequate precautions, and therefore a local user could potentially overwrite files with the privileges of the user running emacs. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2004-0422 to this issue. Users of flim are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which contains patches correcting these issues. Affected platforms: Redhat 7.3 Redhat 9 Solution: http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=FLSA-2004:1581 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-344.html Risk factor : Medium CVSS Score: 2.1
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2004-0422 Debian Security Information: DSA-500 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-500 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-344.html XForce ISS Database: flim-insecure-temporary-file(16027) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16027
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