PT-2004-1042 · Debian · Xsok

Published 2004-01-14 · Updated 2017-07-11 · CVE-2003-0949

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.6

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions xsok version 1.02

Description The issue allows local users to execute arbitrary commands due to xsok not properly dropping privileges before finding and executing the "gunzip" program. Additionally, there are multiple vulnerabilities in the xsok package of the Debian GNU/Linux operating system that can lead to breaches of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of protected information, which can be exploited by a local attacker.

Recommendations For xsok version 1.02, consider updating to a newer version that properly handles privilege dropping to prevent arbitrary command execution. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

BDU:2015-04085

CVE-2003-0949

DSA-405

Affected Products

Xsok

References · 10

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2003-0949 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-0949 · Security Note
• http://debian.org/security/2003/dsa-405 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2003-0949 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-04085 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2003-0949 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/9321 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0949 · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/14098 · Note
• http://debian.org/security/dsa-405 · Note