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Debian DSA-011-2 : mgetty - insecure tempfile handling

low Nessus Plugin ID 14848

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Immunix reports that mgetty does not create temporary files in a secure manner, which could lead to a symlink attack. This has been corrected in mgetty 1.1.21-3potato1

Solution

Upgrade the mgetty package immediately.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-011

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 14848

File Name: debian_DSA-011.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/29/2004

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.2

Temporal Score: 0.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:2.2, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:mgetty

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/10/2001

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2001-0141

BID: 2187

DSA: 011