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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.892246
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DLA-2246-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'xawtv' package(s) announced via the DLA-2246-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'xawtv' package(s) announced via the DLA-2246-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
An issue was discovered in LinuxTV xawtv before 3.107. The function dev_open() in v4l-conf.c does not perform sufficient checks to prevent an unprivileged caller of the program from opening unintended filesystem paths. This allows a local attacker with access to the v4l-conf setuid-root program to test for the existence of arbitrary files and to trigger an open on arbitrary files with mode O_RDWR. To achieve this, relative path components need to be added to the device path, as demonstrated by a v4l-conf -c /dev/../root/.bash_history command.

For Debian 8 Jessie, this problem has been fixed in version 3.103-3+deb8u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your xawtv packages.

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: [link moved to references]

Affected Software/OS:
'xawtv' package(s) on Debian 8.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
3.6

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-13696
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/I7XWAO7W2DGA6M52JGK2TDWUGF62Q2KY/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ELOXU5LXQSQOXX64D4BICZV3TQWOBXHC/
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-13696
https://git.linuxtv.org/xawtv3.git/commit/?id=31f31f9cbaee7be806cba38e0ff5431bd44b20a3
https://git.linuxtv.org/xawtv3.git/commit/?id=36dc44e68e5886339b4a0fbe3f404fb1a4fd2292
https://git.linuxtv.org/xawtv3.git/commit/?id=8e3feea862db68d3ca0886f46cd99fab45d2db7c
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00018.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2020:0784 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00009.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2020:0787 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00013.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4518-1/
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