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Debian DSA-1550-1 : suphp - programming error

medium Nessus Plugin ID 32005

Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that suphp, an Apache module to run PHP scripts with owner permissions handles symlinks insecurely, which may lead to privilege escalation by local users.

Solution

Upgrade the suphp packages.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 0.6.2-1+etch0.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=475431

https://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1550

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 32005

File Name: debian_DSA-1550.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/22/2008

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 4/17/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-1614

CWE: 264

DSA: 1550