Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.56195
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu USN-243-1 (tuxpaint)
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing an update to tuxpaint announced via advisory USN-243-1. A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 5.10 (Breezy Badger) The following packages are affected: tuxpaint Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pena discovered that the tuxpaint-import.sh script created a temporary file in an insecure way. This could allow a symlink attack to create or overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running tuxpaint. Solution: The problem can be corrected by upgrading the affected package to version 1:0.9.14-2ubuntu0.1. In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-243-1 Risk factor : High CVSS Score: 7.2
Cross-Ref:	BugTraq ID: 16250 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-3340 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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