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GLSA-200712-07 : Lookup: Insecure temporary file creation

medium Nessus Plugin ID 29294

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-200712-07 (Lookup: Insecure temporary file creation)

 Tatsuya Kinoshita reported that the ndeb-binary function does not handle temporay files correctly.
 Impact :

 A local attacker could use a symlink attack to overwrite files with the privileges of the user running Lookup.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Lookup users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-emacs/lookup-1.4.1'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200712-07

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 29294

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200712-07.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Published: 12/11/2007

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 12/9/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/18/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-0237

GLSA: 200712-07