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Debian DSA-2283-1 : krb5-appl - programming error

medium Nessus Plugin ID 55673

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Synopsis

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

Description

Tim Zingelmann discovered that due an incorrect configure script the kerborised FTP server failed to set the effective GID correctly, resulting in privilege escalation.

The oldstable distribution (lenny) is not affected.

Solution

Upgrade the krb5-appl packages.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.1-1.1.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/squeeze/krb5-appl

https://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2283

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 55673

File Name: debian_DSA-2283.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/26/2011

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:krb5-appl, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/25/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-1526

BID: 48571

DSA: 2283