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Debian: Security Advisory for debian-edu-config (DSA-5072-1)
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 for the 'debian-edu-config' package(s) announced via the DSA-5072-1 advisory.
Insight
Insight
Marcel Neumann, Robert Altschaffel, Loris Guba and Dustin Hermann discovered that debian-edu-config, a set of configuration files used for the Debian Edu blend configured insecure permissions for the user web shares (~/public_html), which could result in privilege escalation. If PHP functionality is needed for the user web shares, please refer to /usr/share/doc/debian-edu-config/README.public_html_with_PHP-CGI+suExec.md
Affected Software
Affected Software
'debian-edu-config' package(s) on Debian Linux.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
For the oldstable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 2.10.65+deb10u8. For the stable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in version 2.11.56+deb11u3. We recommend that you upgrade your debian-edu-config packages.