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Debian DSA-754-1 : centericq - insecure temporary file

low Nessus Plugin ID 19188

Synopsis

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

Description

Eric Romang discovered that centericq, a text-mode multi-protocol instant messenger client, creates some temporary files with predictable filenames and is hence vulnerable to symlink attacks by local attackers.

Solution

Upgrade the centericq package.

The old stable distribution (woody) is not affected by this problem.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 4.20.0-1sarge1.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-754

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 19188

File Name: debian_DSA-754.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/13/2005

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

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: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:centericq, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/13/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/4/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-1914

BID: 14144

DSA: 754