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GLSA-202011-18 : Apache Ant: Insecure temporary file

high Nessus Plugin ID 142932

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202011-18 (Apache Ant: Insecure temporary file)

 A previous fix for a security vulnerability involving insecure temporary files has been found to be incomplete.
 Impact :

 A local attacker could perform symlink attacks to overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running the application.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Apache Ant users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-java/ant-1.10.9'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-34

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-18

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 142932

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202011-18.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Published: 11/17/2020

Updated: 2/8/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-11979

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:ant, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/16/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/1/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-11979

GLSA: 202011-18