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Debian DSA-302-1 : fuzz - privilege escalation

medium Nessus Plugin ID 15139

Synopsis

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

Description

Joey Hess discovered that fuzz, a software stress-testing tool, creates a temporary file without taking appropriate security precautions. This bug could allow an attacker to gain the privileges of the user invoking fuzz, excluding root (fuzz does not allow itself to be invoked as root).

Solution

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.6-6woody1.

The old stable distribution (potato) does not contain a fuzz package.

We recommend that you update your fuzz package.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-302

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 15139

File Name: debian_DSA-302.nasl

Version: 1.21

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: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:fuzz, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/7/2003

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/7/2003

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2003-0261

BID: 7521

DSA: 302