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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.56056
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian Security Advisory DSA 927-1 (tkdiff)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update to tkdiff announced via advisory DSA 927-1. Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pena from the Debian Security Audit project discovered that tkdiff, a graphical side by side diff utility, creates temporary files in an insecure fashion. For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 3.08-3woody0.;; This VT has been deprecated and merged into the VT 'Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-927)' (OID: 1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.56057).
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update to tkdiff announced via advisory DSA 927-1. Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pena from the Debian Security Audit project discovered that tkdiff, a graphical side by side diff utility, creates temporary files in an insecure fashion. For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 3.08-3woody0.

This VT has been deprecated and merged into the VT 'Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-927)' (OID: 1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.56057).

Solution:
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in
version 4.0.2-1sarge0.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 4.0.2-2.

We recommend that you upgrade your tkdiff package.

CVSS Score:
4.6

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-3343
BugTraq ID: 16064
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16064
Debian Security Information: DSA-927 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-927
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:001
http://www.osvdb.org/21933
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015421
http://secunia.com/advisories/18083
http://secunia.com/advisories/18215
XForce ISS Database: tkdiff-tmp-file-symlink(23858)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23858
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