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>> Debian Security Update Fixes Afuse Command Injection Vulnerability
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Title : Debian Security Update Fixes Afuse Command Injection Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-2131
CVE ID : CVE-2008-2232
CWE ID : CWE-78
Rated as : Moderate Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : No
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-07-18
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A vulnerability has been identified in Debian, which could be exploited by local attackers to gain elevated privileges. This issue is caused by an input validation error in Afuse when processing filenames and paths, which could be exploited by malicious users with read access to the filesystem to execute commands as the owner of the filesystem.
Affected Products
Debian GNU/Linux etch
Debian GNU/Linux sid
Solution
Debian GNU/Linux etch - Upgrade to afuse version 0.1.1-1+etch1
Debian GNU/Linux sid - Upgrade to afuse version 0.2-3
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2131
http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2008/msg00194.html
ChangeLog
2008-07-18 : Initial release
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