Summary
The remote host is missing an update to common-lisp-controller announced via advisory DSA 811-1.
Francois-Rene Rideau discovered a bug in common-lisp-controller, a Common Lisp source and compiler manager, that allows a local user to compile malicious code into a cache directory which is executed by another user if that user has not used Common Lisp before.
The old stable distribution (woody) is not affected by this problem.
Solution
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 4.15sarge2.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 4.18.
We recommend that you upgrade your common-lisp-controller package.
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20811-1
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2005-2657 -
CVSS Base Score: 4.6
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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