Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.59214
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu USN-526-1 (debian-goodies)
Summary:	Ubuntu USN-526-1 (debian-goodies)
Description:	The remote host is missing an update to debian-goodies announced via advisory USN-526-1. A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Ubuntu 6.10 Ubuntu 7.04 This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. Details follow: Thomas de Grenier de Latour discovered that the checkrestart program included in debian-goodies did not correctly handle shell meta-characters. A local attacker could exploit this to gain the privileges of the user running checkrestart. Solution: The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS: debian-goodies 0.23ubuntu0.6.06.1 Ubuntu 6.10: debian-goodies 0.23ubuntu0.6.10.1 Ubuntu 7.04: debian-goodies 0.27ubuntu0.1 In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to affect the necessary changes. http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-526-1 Risk factor : High
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2007-3912 Debian Security Information: DSA-1527 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1527 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-526-1 BugTraq ID: 25569 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25569 http://osvdb.org/40483 http://secunia.com/advisories/26675 http://secunia.com/advisories/27079 XForce ISS Database: debian-checkrestart-privilege-escalation(36475) http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/36475
Copyright	Copyright (c) 2007 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com

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