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Debian Security Advisory DSA 521-1 (sup)
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 sup announced via advisory DSA 521-1.
Insight
Insight
jaguar@felinemenace.org discovered a format string vulnerability in sup, a set of programs to synchronize collections of files across a number of machines, whereby a remote attacker could potentially cause arbitrary code to be executed with the privileges of the supfilesrv process (this process does not run automatically by default). CVE-2004-0451: format string vulnerabilities in sup via syslog(3) in logquit, logerr, loginfo functions For the current stable distribution (woody), this problem has been fixed in version 1.8-8woody2. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem will be fixed soon. We recommend that you update your sup package.
Solution
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20521-1