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Debian DSA-1648-1 : mon - insecure temporary files

high Nessus Plugin ID 34370

Synopsis

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

Description

Dmitry E. Oboukhov discovered that the test.alert script used in one of the alert functions in mon, a system to monitor hosts or services and alert about problems, creates temporary files insecurely, which may lead to a local denial of service through symlink attacks.

Solution

Upgrade the mon package.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 0.99.2-9+etch2.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496398

https://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1648

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 34370

File Name: debian_DSA-1648.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/9/2008

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

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:debian:debian_linux:mon, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 10/8/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-4477

CWE: 59

DSA: 1648