Debian Security Advisory DSA 079-1 (uucp) fix for remote code executio
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 9 |
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![]() | Taylor UUCP Package fails to properly filter command line arguments | 25 Sep 200100:00 | – | cert |
![]() | Debian Security Advisory DSA 079-1 (uucp) | 17 Jan 200800:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Debian Security Advisory DSA 079-2 (uucp) | 17 Jan 200800:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Debian Security Advisory DSA 079-2 (uucp) | 17 Jan 200800:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | CVE-2001-0873 | 2 Apr 200305:00 | – | cvelist |
![]() | CVE-2001-0873 | 21 Dec 200105:00 | – | nvd |
![]() | CVE-2001-0873 | 2 Apr 200305:00 | – | cve |
![]() | local privilege escalations (probably root) in uucp | 31 Oct 200116:42 | – | suse |
![]() | Debian DSA-079-2 : uucp - uucp uid/gid access | 29 Sep 200400:00 | – | nessus |
Source | Link |
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secure1 | www.secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 E-Soft Inc.
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.53570");
script_cve_id("CVE-2001-0873");
script_version("2025-01-17T05:37:18+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-01-17 05:37:18 +0000 (Fri, 17 Jan 2025)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-01-17 14:24:38 +0100 (Thu, 17 Jan 2008)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.2");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_name("Debian Security Advisory DSA 079-1 (uucp)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2008 E-Soft Inc.");
script_family("Debian Local Security Checks");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20079-1");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"zen-parse has found a problem with Taylor UUCP as distributed with
many GNU/Linux distributions. It was possible to make `uux' execute
`uucp' with malicious commandline arguments which gives an attacker
access to files owned by uid/gid uucp.
This problem has been fixed in version of 1.06.1-11potato1 for Debian
GNU/Linux 2.2 by using a patch that RedHat has provided.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"We recommend that you upgrade your uucp package immediately.");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update to uucp announced via advisory DSA 079-1.
This VT has been deprecated and merged into the VT 'Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-079)' (OID: 1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.53389).");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"deprecated", value:TRUE);
exit(0);
}
exit(66);
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