Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.60434
Category:	Debian Local Security Checks
Title:	Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1500-1)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'splitvt' package(s) announced via the DSA-1500-1 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'splitvt' package(s) announced via the DSA-1500-1 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: Mike Ashton discovered that splitvt, a utility to run two programs in a split screen, did not drop group privileges prior to executing xprop. This could allow any local user to gain the privileges of group utmp. For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.6.5-9etch1. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.6.6-4. We recommend that you upgrade your splitvt package. Affected Software/OS: 'splitvt' package(s) on Debian 4. 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-2008-0162 BugTraq ID: 27936 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27936 Debian Security Information: DSA-1500 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1500 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-05.xml http://secunia.com/advisories/29064 http://secunia.com/advisories/29080 http://secunia.com/advisories/29190
Copyright	Copyright (C) 2008 Greenbone AG

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