Summary
The remote host is missing an update to gtkdiskfree announced via advisory DSA 822-1.
Eric Romang discovered that gtkdiskfree, a GNOME program that shows free and used space on filesystems, creates a temporary file in an insecure fashion.
The old stable distribution (woody) does not contain the gtkdiskfree package.
Solution
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 1.9.3-4sarge1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed soon.
We recommend that you upgrade your gtkdiskfree package.
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20822-1
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2005-2918 -
CVSS Base Score: 5.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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