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Debian DSA-883-1 : thttpd - insecure temporary file

low Nessus Plugin ID 22749

Synopsis

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

Description

Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pena from the Debian Security Audit team discovered that the syslogtocern script from thttpd, a tiny webserver, uses a temporary file insecurely, allowing a local attacker to craft a symlink attack to overwrite arbitrary files.

Solution

Upgrade the thttpd package.

For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 2.21b-11.3.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 2.23beta1-3sarge1.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-883

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 22749

File Name: debian_DSA-883.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/14/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, 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: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:thttpd, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 11/4/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/4/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-3124

DSA: 883