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Debian DSA-1492-1 : wml - insecure temporary files

low Nessus Plugin ID 30231

Synopsis

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

Description

Frank Lichtenheld and Nico Golde discovered that WML, an off-line HTML generation toolkit, creates insecure temporary files in the eperl and ipp backends and in the wmg.cgi script, which could lead to a local denial of service by overwriting files.

Solution

Upgrade the wml packages.

The old stable distribution (sarge) is not affected.

For the stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in version 2.0.11-1etch1.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=463907

https://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1492

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 30231

File Name: debian_DSA-1492.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/11/2008

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.6

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:wml, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/10/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-0665, CVE-2008-0666

CWE: 59

DSA: 1492