Summary
The remote host is missing an update to toolchain-source announced via advisory DSA 679-1.
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20679-1
Insight
Sean Finney discovered several insecure temporary file uses in toolchain-source, the GNU binutils and GCC source code and scripts.
These bugs can lead a local attacker with minimal knowledge to trick the admin into overwriting arbitrary files via a symlink attack. The problems exist inside the Debian-specific tpkg-* scripts.
For the stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 3.0.4-1woody1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 3.4-5.
We recommend that you upgrade your toolchain-source package.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2005-0159 -
CVSS Base Score: 4.6
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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