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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.56148
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-941-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'tuxpaint' package(s) announced via the DSA-941-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'tuxpaint' package(s) announced via the DSA-941-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pena from the Debian Security Audit project discovered that a script in tuxpaint, a paint program for young children, creates a temporary file in an insecure fashion.

The old stable distribution (woody) does not contain tuxpaint packages.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 0.9.14-2sarge0.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 0.9.15b-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your tuxpaint package.

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

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
7.2

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-3340
BugTraq ID: 16250
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16250
Debian Security Information: DSA-941 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-941
http://www.osvdb.org/22453
http://secunia.com/advisories/18474
http://secunia.com/advisories/18475
http://secunia.com/advisories/18476
https://usn.ubuntu.com/243-1/
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0193
XForce ISS Database: tuxpaint-tmpfile-symlink(24128)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24128
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