Debian DLA-1640-1 : tmpreaper security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 121372

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

It was discovered that tmpreaper, a program that cleans up files in directories based on their age, is vulnerable to a race condition.
This vulnerability might be exploited by local attackers to perform privilege escalation.

For Debian 8 'Jessie', this problem has been fixed in version 1.6.13+nmu1+deb8u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your tmpreaper packages.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Upgrade the affected tmpreaper package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 121372

File Name: debian_DLA-1640.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 1/25/2019

Updated: 6/26/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 3.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-3461

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Temporal Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:tmpreaper

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/24/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/4/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-3461

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