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Debian DSA-843-1 : arc - insecure temporary file

low Nessus Plugin ID 19847

Synopsis

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

Description

Two vulnerabilities have been discovered in the ARC archive program under Unix. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :

 - CAN-2005-2945 Eric Romang discovered that the ARC archive program under Unix creates a temporary file with insecure permissions which may lead to an attacker stealing sensitive information.

 - CAN-2005-2992

 Joey Schulze discovered that the temporary file was created in an insecure fashion as well, leaving it open to a classic symlink attack.

Solution

Upgrade the arc package.

The old stable distribution (woody) does not contain arc packages.

For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 5.21l-1sarge1.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-843

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 19847

File Name: debian_DSA-843.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/5/2005

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:arc, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 10/5/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/16/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-2945, CVE-2005-2992

DSA: 843