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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.57083
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1106)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'ppp' package(s) announced via the DSA-1106 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'ppp' package(s) announced via the DSA-1106 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Marcus Meissner discovered that the winbind plugin in pppd does not check whether a setuid() call has been successful when trying to drop privileges, which may fail with some PAM configurations.

The old stable distribution (woody) is not affected by this problem.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 2.4.3-20050321+2sarge1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 2.4.4rel-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your ppp package.

Affected Software/OS:
'ppp' 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-2006-2194
BugTraq ID: 18849
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18849
Debian Security Information: DSA-1106 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1106
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:119
http://www.osvdb.org/26994
http://secunia.com/advisories/20963
http://secunia.com/advisories/20967
http://secunia.com/advisories/20987
http://secunia.com/advisories/20996
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-310-1
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