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Debian DSA-462-1 : xitalk - missing privilege release

high Nessus Plugin ID 15299

Synopsis

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

Description

Steve Kemp from the Debian Security Audit Project discovered a problem in xitalk, a talk intercept utility for the X Window System. A local user can exploit this problem and execute arbitrary commands under the GID utmp. This could be used by an attacker to remove traces from the utmp file.

Solution

Upgrade the xitalk package.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.1.11-9.1woody1.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-462

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 15299

File Name: debian_DSA-462.nasl

Version: 1.20

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: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:xitalk, 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: 3/12/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0151

BID: 9851

DSA: 462