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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.55336
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-814-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'lm-sensors' package(s) announced via the DSA-814-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'lm-sensors' package(s) announced via the DSA-814-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pena discovered that a script of lm-sensors, utilities to read temperature/voltage/fan sensors, creates a temporary file with a predictable filename, leaving it vulnerable for a symlink attack.

The old stable distribution (woody) is not affected by this problem.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 2.9.1-1sarge2.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 2.9.1-7.

We recommend that you upgrade your lm-sensors package.

Affected Software/OS:
'lm-sensors' package(s) on Debian 3.1.

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-2005-2672
BugTraq ID: 14624
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14624
Debian Security Information: DSA-814 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-814
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:149
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9993
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-825.html
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015180
http://secunia.com/advisories/16501
http://secunia.com/advisories/17499
http://secunia.com/advisories/17535
https://usn.ubuntu.com/172-1/
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1492
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