Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.55823
Category:	Red Hat Local Security Checks
Title:	RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2005:825
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory RHSA-2005:825. The lm_sensors package includes a collection of modules for general SMBus access and hardware monitoring. This package requires special support which is not in standard version 2.2 kernels. A bug was found in the way the pwmconfig tool creates temporary files. It is possible that a local attacker could leverage this flaw to overwrite arbitrary files located on the system. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project has assigned the name CVE-2005-2672 to this issue. Users of lm_sensors are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch that resolves this issue. Solution: Please note that this update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-825.html Risk factor : Medium CVSS Score: 2.1
Cross-Ref:	BugTraq ID: 14624 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-2672 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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