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Debian DSA-304-1 : lv - privilege escalation

high Nessus Plugin ID 15141

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Leonard Stiles discovered that lv, a multilingual file viewer, would read options from a configuration file in the current directory.
Because such a file could be placed there by a malicious user, and lv configuration options can be used to execute commands, this represented a security vulnerability. An attacker could gain the privileges of the user invoking lv, including root.

Solution

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 4.49.4-7woody2.

For the old stable distribution (potato) this problem has been fixed in version 4.49.3-4potato2.

We recommend that you update your lv package.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-304

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 15141

File Name: debian_DSA-304.nasl

Version: 1.22

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/29/2004

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lv, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:2.2

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Patch Publication Date: 5/15/2003

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2003-0188

BID: 7613

DSA: 304