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| Test ID: | 1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.56250 |
| Category: | FreeBSD Local Security Checks |
| Title: | FreeBSD Ports: kpopup |
| Summary: | FreeBSD Ports: kpopup |
| Description: | The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory. The following package is affected: kpopup CVE-2003-1170 Format string vulnerability in main.cpp in kpopup 0.9.1 and 0.9.5pre2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in command line arguments. CVE-2003-1167 misc.cpp in KPopup 0.9.1 trusts the PATH variable when executing killall, which allows local users to elevate their privileges by modifying the PATH variable to reference a malicious killall program. Solution: Update your system with the appropriate patches or software upgrades. http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/342736 http://www.henschelsoft.de/kpopup_en.html http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/1613db79-8e52-11da-8426-000fea0a9611.html |
| Cross-Ref: |
BugTraq ID: 8918 BugTraq ID: 8915 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2003-1170 Bugtraq: 20031028 Local root vuln in kpopup (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/342736 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8918 http://www.osvdb.org/3290 http://secunia.com/advisories/10105 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2003-1167 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8915 http://www.osvdb.org/2742 XForce ISS Database: kpopup-systemcall-execute-code(13540) http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/13540 |
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