Summary
The remote host is missing an update to cups
announced via advisory MDVSA-2009:027.
Solution
To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=MDVSA-2009:027
Insight
A vulnerability has been discovered in CUPS shipped with Mandriva Linux which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/pdf.log temporary file (CVE-2009-0032).
The updated packages have been patched to prevent this.
Affected: 2009.0
Severity
Classification
-
CVE CVE-2009-0032 -
CVSS Base Score: 6.9
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Related Vulnerabilities