Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.61713
Category:	Debian Local Security Checks
Title:	Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1648-1)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'mon' package(s) announced via the DSA-1648-1 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'mon' package(s) announced via the DSA-1648-1 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: Dmitry E. Oboukhov discovered that the test.alert script used in one of the alert functions in mon, a system to monitor hosts or services and alert about problems, creates temporary files insecurely, which may lead to a local denial of service through symlink attacks. For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 0.99.2-9+etch2. For the testing (lenny) and unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 0.99.2-13. We recommend that you upgrade your mon package. Affected Software/OS: 'mon' package(s) on Debian 4. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 7.2 CVSS Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-4477 BugTraq ID: 31597 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31597 Debian Security Information: DSA-1648 (Google Search) http://www.us.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1648 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:214 http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00312.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2 http://secunia.com/advisories/32183 XForce ISS Database: mon-testalert-symlink(45738) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45738
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