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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.53716
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-610-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'cscope' package(s) announced via the DSA-610-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'cscope' package(s) announced via the DSA-610-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
A vulnerability has been discovered in cscope, a program to interactively examine C source code, which may allow local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 15.3-1woody2.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 15.5-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your cscope package.

Affected Software/OS:
'cscope' package(s) on Debian 3.0.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
2.1

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2004-0996
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2007/Jul/msg00004.html
BugTraq ID: 11697
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11697
BugTraq ID: 25159
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25159
Bugtraq: 20041117 RX171104 Cscope v15.5 and minors - symlink vulnerability - advisory, exploit and patch. (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/381443
Bugtraq: 20041118 Re: RX171104 Cscope v15.5 and minors - symlink vulnerability - advisory, exploit and patch. (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/381506
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/381611
Bugtraq: 20041124 STG Security Advisory: [SSA-20041122-09] cscope insecure temp file creation vulnerability (Google Search)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110133485519690&w=2
Debian Security Information: DSA-610 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-610
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200412-11.xml
http://secunia.com/advisories/26235
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2732
XForce ISS Database: cscope-tmp-race-condition(18125)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18125
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