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FreeBSD : groff -- groffer uses temporary files unsafely (169f422f-bd88-11d9-a281-02e018374e71)

low Nessus Plugin ID 18850

Synopsis

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

Description

The groffer script in the groff package 1.18 and later versions allows local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=80671

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=278265

http://www.nessus.org/u?101d9c36

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 18850

File Name: freebsd_pkg_169f422fbd8811d9a28102e018374e71.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Published: 7/13/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:ja-groff, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Patch Publication Date: 5/9/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/30/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0969

BID: 11287