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Debian Security Advisory DSA 2503-1 (bcfg2)
Information
Severity
Severity
Critical
Family
Family
Debian Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
9.0
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
11 years ago
Modified
Modified
2 years ago
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to bcfg2 announced via advisory DSA 2503-1.
Insight
Insight
It was discovered that malicious clients can trick the server component of the Bcfg2 configuration management system to execute commands with root privileges. For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.1-3+squeeze2. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.2-2.
Solution
Solution
We recommend that you upgrade your bcfg2 packages.