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Debian Security Advisory DSA 725-2 (ppxp)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to ppxp announced via advisory DSA 725-2. Jens Steube discovered that ppxp, yet another PPP program, does not release root privileges when opening potentially user supplied log files. This can be tricked into opening a root shell. For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.2001080415-6woody1 (DSA 725-1).
Solution
Solution
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 0.2001080415-10sarge2. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 0.2001080415-11. We recommend that you upgrade your ppxp package. https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20725-2