Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.50682
Category:	Mandrake Local Security Checks
Title:	Mandrake Security Advisory MDKSA-2003:017 (pam)
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing an update to pam announced via advisory MDKSA-2003:017. Andreas Beck discovered that the pam_xauth module would forward authorization information from the root account to unprivileged users. This can be exploited by a local attacker to gain access to the root user's X session. In order for it to be successfully exploited, the attacker would have to somehow get the root user to su to the account belonging to the attacker. Affected versions: 8.1, 8.2, 9.0, Multi Network Firewall 8.2 Solution: To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you. https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=MDKSA-2003:017 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2002-1160 Risk factor : High CVSS Score: 7.2
Cross-Ref:	BugTraq ID: 6753 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2002-1160 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6753 Bugtraq: 20021214 BDT_AV200212140001: Insecure default: Using pam_xauth for su from sh-utils package (Google Search) http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104431622818954&w=2 CERT/CC vulnerability note: VU#911505 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/911505 Conectiva Linux advisory: CLA-2003:693 http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000693 http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:017 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-028.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-035.html http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert/55760 http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11254.php
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