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Debian DSA-488-1 : logcheck - insecure temporary directory

low Nessus Plugin ID 15325

Synopsis

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

Description

Christian Jaeger reported a bug in logcheck which could potentially be exploited by a local user to overwrite files with root privileges.
logcheck utilized a temporary directory under /var/tmp without taking security precautions. While this directory is created when logcheck is installed, and while it exists there is no vulnerability, if at any time this directory is removed, the potential for exploitation exists.

Solution

For the current stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.1.1-13.1woody1.

We recommend that you update your logcheck package.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-488

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 15325

File Name: debian_DSA-488.nasl

Version: 1.23

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/29/2004

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

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:3.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:logcheck

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/16/2004

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/19/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0404

BID: 10162

DSA: 488