Summary
The remote host is missing an update to noweb
announced via advisory DSA 968-1.
Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña from the Debian Security Audit project discovered that a script in noweb, a web like literate-programming tool, creates a temporary file in an insecure fashion.
For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 2.9a-7.4.
Solution
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 2.10c-3.2.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 2.10c-3.2.
We recommend that you upgrade your nowebm package.
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20968-1
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2005-3342 -
CVSS Base Score: 1.2
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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