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GLSA-200503-14 : KDE dcopidlng: Insecure temporary file creation

low Nessus Plugin ID 17288

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200503-14 (KDE dcopidlng: Insecure temporary file creation)

 Davide Madrisan has discovered that the dcopidlng script creates temporary files in a world-writable directory with predictable names.
 Impact :

 A local attacker could create symbolic links in the temporary files directory, pointing to a valid file somewhere on the filesystem.
 When dcopidlng is executed, this would result in the file being overwritten with the rights of the user running the utility, which could be the root user.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All kdelibs users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose kde-base/kdelibs

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200503-14

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 17288

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200503-14.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Published: 3/8/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:kdelibs, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 3/7/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/21/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0365

GLSA: 200503-14