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GLSA-200808-11 : UUDeview: Insecure temporary file creation

medium Nessus Plugin ID 33861

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-200808-11 (UUDeview: Insecure temporary file creation)

 UUdeview makes insecure usage of the tempnam() function when creating temporary files. NZBGet includes a copy of the vulnerable code.
 Impact :

 A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to overwrite arbitrary files on the system.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All UUDview users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-text/uudeview-0.5.20-r1' All NZBget users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=news-nntp/nzbget-0.4.0'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200808-11

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 33861

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200808-11.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Published: 8/12/2008

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:nzbget, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:uudeview, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 8/11/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-2266

CWE: 59

GLSA: 200808-11