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GLSA-200803-11 : Vobcopy: Insecure temporary file creation

medium Nessus Plugin ID 31386

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-200803-11 (Vobcopy: Insecure temporary file creation)

 Joey Hess reported that vobcopy appends data to the file '/tmp/vobcopy.bla' in an insecure manner.
 Impact :

 A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to conduct symlink attacks and append data to arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running Vobcopy.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Vobcopy users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=media-video/vobcopy-1.1.0'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200803-11

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 31386

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200803-11.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Published: 3/7/2008

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 3/5/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-5718

CWE: 59

GLSA: 200803-11