Debian Security Advisory DSA 760-1 (ekg)

The remote host is missing an update to ekg announced via advisory DSA 760-1. Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in ekg, a console Gadu Gadu client, an instant messaging program. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2005-1850 Marcin Owsiany and Wojtek Kaniewski discovered insecure temporary file creation in contributed scripts. CVE-2005-1851 Marcin Owsiany and Wojtek Kaniewski discovered potential shell command injection in a contributed script. CVE-2005-1916 Eric Romang discovered insecure temporary file creation and arbitrary command execution in a contributed script that can be exploited by a local attacker. The old stable distribution (woody) does not contain an ekg package.

For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 1.5+20050411-4. For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 1.5+20050712+1.6rc2-1. We recommend that you upgrade your ekg package. https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20760-1