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Debian DSA-744-1 : fuse - programming error

low Nessus Plugin ID 18652

Synopsis

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

Description

Sven Tantau discovered a security problem in fuse, a filesystem in userspace, that can be exploited by malicious, local users to disclose potentially sensitive information.

Solution

Upgrade the fuse package.

The old stable distribution (woody) does not contain the fuse package.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 2.2.1-4sarge2.

See Also

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=311634

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-744

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 18652

File Name: debian_DSA-744.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/8/2005

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/8/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/2/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-1858

BID: 13857

DSA: 744