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Debian DSA-1891-1 : changetrack - shell command execution

high Nessus Plugin ID 44756

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Synopsis

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

Description

Marek Grzybowski discovered that changetrack, a program to monitor changes to (configuration) files, is prone to shell command injection via metacharacters in filenames. The behaviour of the program has been adjusted to reject all filenames with metacharacters.

Solution

Upgrade the changetrack packages.

For the oldstable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 4.3-3+etch1.

For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 4.3-3+lenny1.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=546791

https://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1891

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 44756

File Name: debian_DSA-1891.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/24/2010

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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:changetrack, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 9/22/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-3233

CWE: 78

DSA: 1891