Debian Security Advisory DSA 1465-1 (apt-listchanges)

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if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.60208");
  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:"2008-01-31 16:11:48 +0100 (Thu, 31 Jan 2008)");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2008-0302");
  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 1465-1 (apt-listchanges)");
  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%201465-1");
  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Felipe Sateler discovered that apt-listchanges, a package change history
notification tool, used unsafe paths when importing its python libraries.
This could allow the execution of arbitrary shell commands if the root user
executed the command in a directory which other local users may write
to.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version
2.72.5etch1.

For the old stable distribution (sarge), this problem was not present.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version
2.82.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"We recommend that you upgrade your apt-listchanges package.");
  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update to apt-listchanges announced via advisory DSA 1465-1.

  This VT has been deprecated and merged into the VT 'Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1465)' (OID: 1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.60209).");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_tag(name:"deprecated", value:TRUE);

  exit(0);
}

exit(66);