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GLSA-200804-09 : am-utils: Insecure temporary file creation

high Nessus Plugin ID 31956

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-200804-09 (am-utils: Insecure temporary file creation)

 Tavis Ormandy discovered that, when creating temporary files, the 'expn' utility does not check whether the file already exists.
 Impact :

 A local attacker could exploit the vulnerability via a symlink attack to overwrite arbitrary files.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All am-utils users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-fs/am-utils-6.1.5'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200804-09

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 31956

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200804-09.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Published: 4/17/2008

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:am-utils, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 4/10/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-1078

CWE: 59

GLSA: 200804-09