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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.56274
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-968-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'noweb' package(s) announced via the DSA-968-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'noweb' package(s) announced via the DSA-968-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pena from the Debian Security Audit project discovered that a script in noweb, a web like literate-programming tool, creates a temporary file in an insecure fashion.

For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 2.9a-7.4.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 2.10c-3.2.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 2.10c-3.2.

We recommend that you upgrade your nowebm package.

Affected Software/OS:
'noweb' package(s) on Debian 3.0, Debian 3.1.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
1.2

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-3342
BugTraq ID: 16610
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16610
Debian Security Information: DSA-968 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-968
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200602-14.xml
http://secunia.com/advisories/18809
http://secunia.com/advisories/18812
http://secunia.com/advisories/18967
http://secunia.com/advisories/19027
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-254-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0547
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