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Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:263 (sympa)

🗓️ 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2009 E-Soft Inc.Type 
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Mandrake Security Advisory for sympa 5.3.

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2009 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 OR GPL-3.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.66019");
  script_version("2023-07-19T05:05:15+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-07-19 05:05:15 +0000 (Wed, 19 Jul 2023)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2009-10-19 21:50:22 +0200 (Mon, 19 Oct 2009)");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2008-4476");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.9");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_name("Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:263 (sympa)");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2009 E-Soft Inc.");
  script_family("Mandrake Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/mandriva_mandrake_linux", "ssh/login/rpms", re:"ssh/login/release=MNDK_(2008\.1|4\.0|mes5)");
  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"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");
  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification
of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=MDVSA-2009:263");
  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update to sympa
announced via advisory MDVSA-2009:263.");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  exit(0);
}

include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");

res = "";
report = "";
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"sympa", rpm:"sympa~5.3.4~2.1mdv2008.1", rls:"MNDK_2008.1")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"sympa", rpm:"sympa~5.1.0~2.2.20060mlcs4", rls:"MNDK_4.0")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"sympa", rpm:"sympa~5.4.3~2.1mdvmes5", rls:"MNDK_mes5")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}

if (report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
} else if (__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
}

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