PT-2006-1002 · Fcheck · Fcheck

Published 2006-04-18 · Updated 2017-07-20 · CVE-2006-1753

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

3.6

Low

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: fcheck versions prior to 2.7.59

Description: The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file. Multiple vulnerabilities in the fcheck package may lead to a breach of confidentiality and integrity of protected information, potentially exploitable by a local attacker.

Recommendations: For versions prior to 2.7.59, update to version 2.7.59 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the cron job that utilizes the vulnerable fcheck functionality until a patch is applied.

Fix

Related Identifiers

BDU:2015-01952

CVE-2006-1753

DSA-1035-1

Affected Products

Fcheck

References · 11

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2006-1753 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/19675 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1753 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-1753 · Vendor Advisory
• http://us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1035 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-01952 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2006-1753 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-1753 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/17524 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25830 · Note
• http://debian.org/security/dsa-1035 · Note