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Debian Security Advisory DSA 050-1 (sendfile)
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Debian Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
4.6
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
16 years ago
Modified
Modified
6 years ago
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to sendfile announced via advisory DSA 050-1.
Insight
Insight
Colin Phipps and Daniel Kobras discovered and fixed several serious bugs in the saft daemon `sendfiled' which caused it to drop privileges incorrectly. Exploiting this a local user can easily make it execute arbitrary code under root privileges. We recommend you upgrade your sendfile packages immediately.
Solution
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20050-1