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Debian DSA-1106-1 : ppp - programming error

high Nessus Plugin ID 22648

Synopsis

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

Description

Marcus Meissner discovered that the winbind plugin in pppd does not check whether a setuid() call has been successful when trying to drop privileges, which may fail with some PAM configurations.

Solution

Upgrade the ppp package.

The old stable distribution (woody) is not affected by this problem.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 2.4.3-20050321+2sarge1.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1106

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 22648

File Name: debian_DSA-1106.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/14/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, 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:ppp, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 7/10/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/5/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-2194

DSA: 1106