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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.55488
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-822-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'gtkdiskfree' package(s) announced via the DSA-822-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'gtkdiskfree' package(s) announced via the DSA-822-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Eric Romang discovered that gtkdiskfree, a GNOME program that shows free and used space on filesystems, creates a temporary file in an insecure fashion.

The old stable distribution (woody) does not contain the gtkdiskfree package.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 1.9.3-4sarge1.

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

We recommend that you upgrade your gtkdiskfree package.

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

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
5.0

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-2918
Bugtraq: 20050915 gtkdiskfree insecure temporary file creation (Google Search)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112680706715109&w=2
Debian Security Information: DSA-822 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-822
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-01.xml
http://www.zataz.net/adviso/gtkdiskfree-09052005.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/16951
http://secunia.com/advisories/17005
http://secunia.com/advisories/17056
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