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Debian DSA-154-1 : fam - privilege escalation

low Nessus Plugin ID 14991

Synopsis

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

Description

A flawwas discovered in FAM's group handling. In the effect users are unable to read FAM directories they have group read and execute permissions on. However, also unprivileged users can potentially learn names of files that only users in root's group should be able to view.

This problem been fixed in version 2.6.6.1-5.2 for the current stable stable distribution (woody) and in version 2.6.8-1 (or any later version) for the unstable distribution (sid). The old stable distribution (potato) is not affected, since it doesn't contain fam packages.

Solution

Upgrade the fam packages.

See Also

http://oss.sgi.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=151

http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-154

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 14991

File Name: debian_DSA-154.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/29/2004

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: 1.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:fam, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Patch Publication Date: 8/15/2002

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2002-0875

BID: 5487

DSA: 154