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[DSA488] DSA-488-1 logcheck

Family:

Debian Local Security Checks

Category:

infos

Copyright:

This script is (C) 2004 Michel Arboi

Summary:

DSA-488-1 logcheck

Version:

$Revision: 1.4 $

Cve_id:

CAN-2004-0404

Bugtraq_id:

10162

Xrefs:

DSA:488

Description:

Christian Jaeger reported a bug in logcheck which could potentially be
exploited by a local user to overwrite files with root privileges.
logcheck utilized a temporary directory under /var/tmp without taking
security precautions. While this directory is created when logcheck
is installed, and while it exists there is no vulnerability, if at
any time this directory is removed, the potential for exploitation exists.
For the current stable distribution (woody) this problem has been
fixed in version 1.1.1-13.1woody1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.1.1-13.2.
We recommend that you update your logcheck package.


Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-488
Risk factor : High