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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.704134
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-4134-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'util-linux' package(s) announced via the DSA-4134-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'util-linux' package(s) announced via the DSA-4134-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Bjorn Bosselmann discovered that the umount bash completion from util-linux does not properly handle embedded shell commands in a mountpoint name. An attacker with rights to mount filesystems can take advantage of this flaw for privilege escalation if a user (in particular root) is tricked into using the umount completion while a specially crafted mount is present.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 2.29.2-1+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your util-linux packages.

For the detailed security status of util-linux please refer to its security tracker page at: [link moved to references]

Affected Software/OS:
'util-linux' package(s) on Debian 9.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
7.2

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2018-7738
BugTraq ID: 103367
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103367
Debian Security Information: DSA-4134 (Google Search)
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4134
https://bugs.debian.org/892179
https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/commit/75f03badd7ed9f1dd951863d75e756883d3acc55
https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/issues/539
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4512-1/
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