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Debian DSA-1500-1 : splitvt - privilege escalation

high Nessus Plugin ID 31144

Synopsis

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

Description

Mike Ashton discovered that splitvt, a utility to run two programs in a split screen, did not drop group privileges prior to executing 'xprop'. This could allow any local user to gain the privileges of group utmp.

Solution

Upgrade the splitvt package.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.6.5-9etch1.

See Also

https://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1500

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 31144

File Name: debian_DSA-1500.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/25/2008

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:splitvt, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/21/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-0162

CWE: 264

DSA: 1500