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[DSA622] DSA-622-1 htmlheadline

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FamilyDebian Local Security Checks
Nessus Plugin ID16087 (debian_DSA-622.nasl)
Bugtraq ID
CVE IDCVE-2004-1181

Description:
Synopsis :

The remote host is missing the DSA-622 security update

Description :

Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña from the Debian Security Audit Project
has discovered multiple insecure uses
of temporary files that could lead to overwriting arbitrary files via
a symlink attack.
For the stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in
version 21.8-3.

See also :

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-622

Solution :

The Debian project recommends that you upgrade your htmlheadline package.

Risk factor :

Medium / CVSS Base Score : 4.6
(CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
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