Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.67168
Category:	Red Hat Local Security Checks
Title:	RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2010:0321
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory RHSA-2010:0321. Automake is a tool for automatically generating Makefile.in files compliant with the GNU Coding Standards. Automake-generated Makefiles made certain directories world-writable when preparing source archives, as was recommended by the GNU Coding Standards. If a malicious, local user could access the directory where a victim was creating distribution archives, they could use this flaw to modify the files being added to those archives. Makefiles generated by these updated automake packages no longer make distribution directories world-writable, as recommended by the updated GNU Coding Standards. (CVE-2009-4029) Note: This issue affected Makefile targets used by developers to prepare distribution source archives. Those targets are not used when compiling programs from the source code. All users of automake, automake14, automake15, automake16, and automake17 should upgrade to these updated packages, which resolve this issue. 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 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0321.html http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/Releases.html Risk factor : Medium CVSS Score: 4.6
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-4029 1021784 http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1021784.1-1 20101027 rPSA-2010-0071-1 automake http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514526/100/0/threaded ADV-2009-3579 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3579 MDVSA-2010:203 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:203 [automake-patches] 20091128 [PATCH] do not put world-writable directories in distribution tarballs http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2009-11/msg00017.html [automake] 20091208 CVE-2009-4029 Automake security fix for 'make dist*' http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2009-12/msg00012.html [automake] 20091208 GNU Automake 1.10.3 released http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2009-12/msg00011.html [automake] 20091208 GNU Automake 1.11.1 released http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2009-12/msg00010.html [automake] 20091208 Re: CVE-2009-4029 Automake security fix for 'make dist*' http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2009-12/msg00013.html http://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=6077 http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2010-0071 oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11717 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11717
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