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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.61937
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1674-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'jailer' package(s) announced via the DSA-1674-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'jailer' package(s) announced via the DSA-1674-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pena discovered that updatejail, a component of the chroot maintenance tool Jailer, creates a predictable temporary file name, which may lead to local denial of service through a symlink attack.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 0.4-9+etch1.

For the upcoming stable distribution (lenny) and the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 0.4-10.

We recommend that you upgrade your jailer package.

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

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
6.9

CVSS Vector:
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-5139
BugTraq ID: 32413
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32413
Debian Security Information: DSA-1674 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1674
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00285.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/32943
http://secunia.com/advisories/32959
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2008 Greenbone AG

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