Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.56338
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu USN-254-1 (noweb)
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing an update to noweb announced via advisory USN-254-1. A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 4.10 (Warty Warthog) Ubuntu 5.04 (Hoary Hedgehog) Ubuntu 5.10 (Breezy Badger) The following packages are affected: nowebm Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pena discovered that noweb scripts created temporary files in an insecure way. This could allow a symlink attack to create or overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running noweb. Solution: The problem can be corrected by upgrading the affected package to version 2.10c-3ubuntu1.1 (for Ubuntu 4.10), 2.10c-3.1ubuntu5.04.1 (for Ubuntu 5.04), or 2.10c-3.1ubuntu5.10.1 (for Ubuntu 5.10). In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-254-1 Risk factor : Low CVSS Score: 1.2
Cross-Ref:	BugTraq ID: 16610 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-3342 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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