Debian DSA-610-1 : cscope - insecure temporary file

low Nessus Plugin ID 15994

Synopsis

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

Description

A vulnerability has been discovered in cscope, a program to interactively examine C source code, which may allow local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack.

Solution

Upgrade the cscope package.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 15.3-1woody2.

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 15994

File Name: debian_DSA-610.nasl

Version: 1.20

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 12/17/2004

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/17/2004

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/8/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0996

BID: 11697

DSA: 610

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