GLSA-201006-08 : nano: Multiple vulnerabilities

low Nessus Plugin ID 46775

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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-201006-08 (nano: Multiple vulnerabilities)

Multiple race condition vulnerabilities have been discovered in nano.
For further information please consult the CVE entries referenced below.
Impact :

Under certain conditions, a local, user-assisted attacker could possibly overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on an attacker-owned file that is being edited by the victim, or change the ownership of arbitrary files.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All nano users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-editors/nano-2.2.4'

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 46775

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201006-08.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 6/2/2010

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.7

Temporal Score: 2.7

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/1/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-1160, CVE-2010-1161

BID: 39502

GLSA: 201006-08

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