Summary
The remote host is missing an update to sendfile
announced via advisory DSA 052-1.
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20052-1
Insight
Daniel Kobras has discovered and fixed a problem in sendfiled which caused the daemon not to drop privileges as expected when sendnig notification mails. Exploiting this a local user can easily make it execute arbitrary code under root privileges.
We recommend that you upgrade your sendfile packages immediately.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2001-0623 -
CVSS Base Score: 4.6
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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