Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.59097
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu USN-412-1 (geoip)
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing an update to geoip announced via advisory USN-412-1. A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 5.10 Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Ubuntu 6.10 This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. Details follow: Dean Gaudet discovered that the GeoIP update tool did not validate the filename responses from the update server. A malicious server, or man-in-the-middle system posing as a server, could write to arbitrary files with user privileges. Solution: The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 5.10: geoip-bin 1.3.10-1ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 6.06 LTS: geoip-bin 1.3.14-2ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 6.10: geoip-bin 1.3.17-1ubuntu0.1 In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-412-1 Risk factor : High CVSS Score: 6.4
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2007-0159 BugTraq ID: 21959 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21959 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:004 http://arctic.org/~dean/patches/GeoIP-1.4.0-update-vulnerability.patch http://osvdb.org/31618 http://secunia.com/advisories/23880 http://secunia.com/advisories/23906 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-412-1 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0117 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0118 XForce ISS Database: geoip-geoipupdate-directory-traversal(31383) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31383
Copyright	Copyright (c) 2007 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com

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