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Debian DSA-2568-1 : rtfm - privilege escalation

medium Nessus Plugin ID 62723

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Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that RTFM, the FAQ manager for Request Tracker, allows authenticated users to create articles in any class.

Solution

Upgrade the rtfm packages.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 2.4.2-4+squeeze2.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/squeeze/rtfm

https://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2568

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 62723

File Name: debian_DSA-2568.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/29/2012

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:rtfm, 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: 10/26/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-4731

BID: 56291

DSA: 2568