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FreeBSD Ports: rkhunter
Information
Severity
Severity
Low
Family
Family
FreeBSD Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
2.1
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
15 years ago
Modified
Modified
7 years ago
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory.
Insight
Insight
The following package is affected: rkhunter CVE-2005-1270 The (1) check_update.sh and (2) rkhunter script in Rootkit Hunter before 1.2.3-r1 create temporary files with predictable file names, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
Solution
Solution
Update your system with the appropriate patches or software upgrades. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200504-25.xml http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/f14ad681-5b88-11dc-812d-0011098b2f36.html