Summary
The remote host is missing an update to perl
announced via advisory DSA 1678-1.
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%201678-1
Insight
Paul Szabo rediscovered a vulnerability in the File::Path::rmtree function of Perl. It was possible to exploit a race condition to create setuid binaries in a directory tree or remove arbitrary files when a process is deleting this tree. This issue was originally known as CVE-2005-0448 and CVE-2004-0452, which were addressed by DSA-696-1 and DSA-620-1. Unfortunately, they were reintroduced later.
For the stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in version 5.8.8-7etch5.
For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 5.10.0-18 and will migrate to the testing distribution (lenny) shortly.
We recommend that you upgrade your perl packages.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2004-0452, CVE-2005-0448, CVE-2008-5302, CVE-2008-5303 -
CVSS Base Score: 6.9
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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