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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.70057
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-2283-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'krb5-appl' package(s) announced via the DSA-2283-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'krb5-appl' package(s) announced via the DSA-2283-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Tim Zingelmann discovered that due an incorrect configure script the kerborised FTP server failed to set the effective GID correctly, resulting in privilege escalation.

The oldstable distribution (lenny) is not affected.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.1-1.1.

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

We recommend that you upgrade your krb5-appl packages.

Affected Software/OS:
'krb5-appl' package(s) on Debian 6.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
6.5

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-1526
BugTraq ID: 48571
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48571
Bugtraq: 20110705 MITKRB5-SA-2011-005 FTP daemon fails to set effective group ID [CVE-2011-1526] (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/518733/100/0/threaded
Debian Security Information: DSA-2283 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2283
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-July/062681.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-July/062699.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:117
http://www.osvdb.org/73617
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0920.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/45145
http://secunia.com/advisories/45157
http://secunia.com/advisories/48101
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8301
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2012:0010 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00002.html
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2012:0018 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00004.html
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2012:0042 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00010.html
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2012:0050 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00011.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2011:1169 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-10/msg00009.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2012:0019 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00005.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2012:0051 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00014.html
XForce ISS Database: kerberos-krb5appl-priv-esc(68398)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68398
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