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Debian DSA-633-1 : bmv - insecure temporary file

medium Nessus Plugin ID 16130

Synopsis

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

Description

Peter Samuelson, upstream maintainer of bmv, a PostScript viewer for SVGAlib, discovered that temporary files are created in an insecure fashion. A malicious local user could cause arbitrary files to be overwritten by a symlink attack.

Solution

Upgrade the bmv packages.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.2-14.2.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-633

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 16130

File Name: debian_DSA-633.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/12/2005

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/11/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/12/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2003-0014

DSA: 633