Vulnerability   
Search   
    Search 324607 CVE descriptions
and 146377 test descriptions,
access 10,000+ cross references.
Tests   CVE   All  

Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.54370
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-760-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'ekg' package(s) announced via the DSA-760-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'ekg' package(s) announced via the DSA-760-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in ekg, a console Gadu Gadu client, an instant messaging program. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following vulnerabilities:

CAN-2005-1850

Marcin Owsiany and Wojtek Kaniewski discovered insecure temporary file creation in contributed scripts.

CAN-2005-1851

Marcin Owsiany and Wojtek Kaniewski discovered potential shell command injection in a contributed script.

CAN-2005-1916

Eric Romang discovered insecure temporary file creation and arbitrary command execution in a contributed script that can be exploited by a local attacker.

The old stable distribution (woody) does not contain an ekg package.

For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 1.5+20050411-4.

For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 1.5+20050712+1.6rc2-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your ekg package.

Affected Software/OS:
'ekg' package(s) on Debian 3.1.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
10.0

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-1850
Bugtraq: 20050721 Multiple vulnerabilities in libgadu and ekg package (Google Search)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112198499417250&w=2
Debian Security Information: DSA-760 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-760
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-1851
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-1916
Bugtraq: 20050705 ekg insecure temporary file creation and arbitrary code execution (Google Search)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112060146011122&w=2
http://www.zataz.net/adviso/ekg-06062005.txt
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2008 Greenbone AG

This is only one of 146377 vulnerability tests in our test suite. Find out more about running a complete security audit.

To run a free test of this vulnerability against your system, register below.




© 1998-2025 E-Soft Inc. All rights reserved.