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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.55644
Category:Mandrake Local Security Checks
Title:Mandrake Security Advisory MDKSA-2005:184 (cfengine)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:

The remote host is missing an update to cfengine
announced via advisory MDKSA-2005:184.

Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pena discovered several insecure temporary
file uses in cfengine <= 1.6.5 and <= 2.1.16 which allows local users
to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files
used by vicf.in. (CVE-2005-2960)

In addition, Javier discovered the cfmailfilter and cfcron.in files
for cfengine <= 1.6.5 allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files
via a symlink attack on temporary files (CVE-2005-3137)

The updated packages have been patched to address this issue.

Affected versions: 10.1, 10.2, 2006.0, Corporate 3.0,
Corporate Server 2.1

Solution:
To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification
of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=MDKSA-2005:184

Risk factor : Medium

CVSS Score:
2.1

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-2960
BugTraq ID: 14994
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14994
Debian Security Information: DSA-835 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-835
Debian Security Information: DSA-836 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-836
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:184
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=107871
http://groups.google.com/group/gnu.cfengine.help/browse_thread/thread/fc25e7d98f8ba401/38151ed821803be0#38151ed821803be0
http://secunia.com/advisories/17037/
http://secunia.com/advisories/17038
http://secunia.com/advisories/17040
http://secunia.com/advisories/17142
http://secunia.com/advisories/17182
http://secunia.com/advisories/17215
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2005:023 (Google Search)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_23_sr.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-198-1
XForce ISS Database: cfengine-mulitple-file-symlink(22489)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22489
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-3137
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