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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.60797
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1550-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'suphp' package(s) announced via the DSA-1550-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'suphp' package(s) announced via the DSA-1550-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
It was discovered that suphp, an Apache module to run PHP scripts with owner permissions handles symlinks insecurely, which may lead to privilege escalation by local users.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 0.6.2-1+etch0.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem will be fixed soon.

We recommend that you upgrade your suphp packages.

Affected Software/OS:
'suphp' package(s) on Debian 4.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
4.3

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-1614
BugTraq ID: 28568
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28568
Debian Security Information: DSA-1550 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1550
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00014.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00075.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=439687
http://lists.marsching.biz/pipermail/suphp/2008-March/001750.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/29615
http://secunia.com/advisories/29648
http://secunia.com/advisories/29872
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1073/references
XForce ISS Database: suphp-files-privilege-escalation(41582)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41582
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2008 Greenbone AG

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