Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.55036
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu USN-165-1 (heartbeat)
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing an update to heartbeat announced via advisory USN-165-1. A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 4.10 (Warty Warthog) Ubuntu 5.04 (Hoary Hedgehog) The following packages are affected: heartbeat Eric Romang discovered that heartbeat created temporary files in an insecure manner. This could allow a symlink attack to create or overwrite arbitrary files with root privileges as soon as heartbeat is started. Solution: The problem can be corrected by upgrading the affected package to version 1.2.2-8ubuntu0.1 (for Ubuntu 4.10), or 1.2.3-3ubuntu1.1 (for Ubuntu 5.04). In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-165-1 Risk factor : Medium CVSS Score: 2.1
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-2231 Debian Security Information: DSA-761 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-761 http://secunia.com/advisories/16039
Copyright	Copyright (c) 2005 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com

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