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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.840382
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-891-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'lintian' package(s) announced via the USN-891-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'lintian' package(s) announced via the USN-891-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Raphael Geissert discovered that lintian did not correctly validate
certain filenames when processing input. If a user or an automated system
were tricked into running lintian on a specially crafted set of files,
a remote attacker could execute arbitrary code with user privileges.

Affected Software/OS:
'lintian' package(s) on Ubuntu 6.06, Ubuntu 8.04, Ubuntu 8.10, Ubuntu 9.04, Ubuntu 9.10.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
7.5

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-4013
BugTraq ID: 37975
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37975
Debian Security Information: DSA-1979 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1979
http://packages.qa.debian.org/l/lintian/news/20100128T015554Z.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/38375
http://secunia.com/advisories/38379
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-891-1
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-4014
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-4015
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2010 Greenbone AG

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