Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.64805
Category:	Red Hat Local Security Checks
Title:	RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2009:1337
Summary:	The remote host is missing updates announced in;advisory RHSA-2009:1337.;;The gfs2-utils package provides the user-space tools necessary to mount,;create, maintain, and test GFS2 file systems.;;Multiple insecure temporary file use flaws were discovered in GFS2 user;level utilities. A local attacker could use these flaws to overwrite an;arbitrary file writable by a victim running those utilities (typically;root) with the output of the utilities via a symbolic link attack.;(CVE-2008-6552)
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory RHSA-2009:1337. The gfs2-utils package provides the user-space tools necessary to mount, create, maintain, and test GFS2 file systems. Multiple insecure temporary file use flaws were discovered in GFS2 user level utilities. A local attacker could use these flaws to overwrite an arbitrary file writable by a victim running those utilities (typically root) with the output of the utilities via a symbolic link attack. (CVE-2008-6552) Solution: Please note that this update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date 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-2008-6552 BugTraq ID: 32179 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32179 http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00163.html http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00164.html http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00165.html http://osvdb.org/50299 http://osvdb.org/50300 http://osvdb.org/50301 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11404 RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2009:1337 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1337.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1339.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1341.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0264.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0265.html http://secunia.com/advisories/32602 http://secunia.com/advisories/32616 http://secunia.com/advisories/36530 http://secunia.com/advisories/36555 http://secunia.com/advisories/43367 http://secunia.com/advisories/43372 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-875-1 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0416 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0417 XForce ISS Database: clusterproject-unspecified-priv-escalation(46412) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46412
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