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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.53507
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-677-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'sympa' package(s) announced via the DSA-677-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'sympa' package(s) announced via the DSA-677-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Erik Sjolund discovered that a support script of sympa, a mailing list manager, is running setuid sympa and vulnerable to a buffer overflow. This could potentially lead to the execution of arbitrary code under the sympa user id.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 3.3.3-3woody2.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed soon.

We recommend that you upgrade your sympa package.

Affected Software/OS:
'sympa' package(s) on Debian 3.0.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
4.6

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-0073
Debian Security Information: DSA-677 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-677
http://securitytracker.com/id?1013163
http://secunia.com/advisories/14217
http://secunia.com/advisories/14224
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