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Debian Security Advisory DSA 2259-1 (fex)
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 fex announced via advisory DSA 2259-1.
Insight
Insight
It was discovered that fex, a web service for transferring very large, files, is not properly validating authentication IDs. While the service properly validates existing authentication IDs, an attacker who is not specifying any authentication ID at all, can bypass the authentication procedure. The oldstable distribution (lenny) does not include fex. For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 20100208+debian1-1+squeeze1. For the testing distribution (wheezy), this problem will be fixed soon. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 20110610-1.
Solution
Solution
We recommend that you upgrade your fex packages.