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RHEL 5 : automake (RHSA-2010:0321)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 46289

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated automake, automake14, automake15, automake16, and automake17 packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having low security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section.

Automake is a tool for automatically generating Makefile.in files compliant with the GNU Coding Standards.

Automake-generated Makefiles made certain directories world-writable when preparing source archives, as was recommended by the GNU Coding Standards. If a malicious, local user could access the directory where a victim was creating distribution archives, they could use this flaw to modify the files being added to those archives. Makefiles generated by these updated automake packages no longer make distribution directories world-writable, as recommended by the updated GNU Coding Standards. (CVE-2009-4029)

Note: This issue affected Makefile targets used by developers to prepare distribution source archives. Those targets are not used when compiling programs from the source code.

All users of automake, automake14, automake15, automake16, and automake17 should upgrade to these updated packages, which resolve this issue.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2009-4029

http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/Releases.html

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0321

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 46289

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2010-0321.nasl

Version: 1.21

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/11/2010

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 3.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:automake16, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:automake14, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:automake15, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:automake17, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:automake

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/30/2010

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/19/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-4029

BID: 37378

CWE: 264

RHSA: 2010:0321