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GLSA-200611-23 : Mono: Insecure temporary file creation

medium Nessus Plugin ID 23745

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-200611-23 (Mono: Insecure temporary file creation)

 Sebastian Krahmer of the SuSE Security Team discovered that the System.CodeDom.Compiler classes of Mono create temporary files with insecure permissions.
 Impact :

 A local attacker could create links in the temporary file directory, pointing to a valid file somewhere on the filesystem. When an affected class is called, this could result in the file being overwritten with the rights of the user running the script.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Mono users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-lang/mono-1.1.13.8.1'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200611-23

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 23745

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200611-23.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Published: 11/30/2006

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/28/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/4/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-5072

BID: 20340

GLSA: 200611-23