Summary
The remote host is missing an update to sympa
announced via advisory MDVSA-2009:263.
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-2009:263
Insight
A vulnerability has been found and corrected in sympa:
sympa.pl in sympa 5.3.4 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file. NOTE: wwsympa.fcgi was also reported, but the issue occurred in a dead function, so it is not a vulnerability (CVE-2008-4476).
This update fixes this vulnerability.
Affected: 2008.1, Corporate 4.0, Enterprise Server 5.0
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2008-4476 -
CVSS Base Score: 6.9
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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