Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.53246
Category:	Debian Local Security Checks
Title:	Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-557-1)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'rp-pppoe' package(s) announced via the DSA-557-1 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'rp-pppoe' package(s) announced via the DSA-557-1 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: Max Vozeler discovered a vulnerability in pppoe, the PPP over Ethernet driver from Roaring Penguin. When the program is running setuid root (which is not the case in a default Debian installation), an attacker could overwrite any file on the file system. For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 3.3-1.2. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 3.5-4. We recommend that you upgrade your pppoe package. Affected Software/OS: 'rp-pppoe' package(s) on Debian 3.0. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 2.1 CVSS Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2004-0564 BugTraq ID: 11315 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11315 Bugtraq: 20041208 Re: MDKSA-2004:145 - Updated rp-pppoe packages fix vulnerability (Google Search) http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110253341209450&w=2 Debian Security Information: DSA-557 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-557 http://www.fedoralegacy.org/updates/FC1/2005-11-14-FLSA_2005_152794__Updated_rp_pppoe_package_fixes_security_issue.html http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110247119200510&w=2 XForce ISS Database: pppoe-file-overwrite(17576) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17576
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