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Debian DSA-725-2 : ppxp - missing privilege release

high Nessus Plugin ID 18304

Synopsis

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

Description

Jens Steube discovered that ppxp, yet another PPP program, does not release root privileges when opening potentially user-supplied log files. This can be tricked into opening a root shell.

Solution

Upgrade the ppxp package.

For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.2001080415-6woody2 (DSA 725-1).

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 0.2001080415-10sarge2.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-725

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 18304

File Name: debian_DSA-725.nasl

Version: 1.23

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/19/2005

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ppxp, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0

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

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/19/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0392

DSA: 725