Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.55950
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu USN-223-1 (inkscape)
Summary:	Ubuntu USN-223-1 (inkscape)
Description:	The remote host is missing an update to inkscape announced via advisory USN-223-1. A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 5.04 (Hoary Hedgehog) The following packages are affected: inkscape Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pena discovered that Inkscape's ps2epsi.sh script, which converts PostScript files to Encapsulated PostScript format, creates a temporary file in an insecure way. A local attacker could exploit this with a symlink attack to create or overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running Inkscape. Solution: The problem can be corrected by upgrading the affected package to version 0.40-2ubuntu1.1. In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-223-1 Risk factor : Medium
Cross-Ref:	BugTraq ID: 14522 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-3885 Debian Security Information: DSA-916 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-916 http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-223-1 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14522 http://secunia.com/advisories/17886 http://secunia.com/advisories/17882 http://secunia.com/advisories/16343
Copyright	Copyright (c) 2005 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com

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