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Debian DSA-2147-1 : pimd - insecure temporary files

low Nessus Plugin ID 51558

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Synopsis

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

Description

Vincent Bernat discovered that pimd, a multicast routing daemon, creates files with predictable names upon the receipt of particular signals.

Solution

Upgrade the pimd packages.

For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 2.1.0-alpha29.17-8.1lenny1.

See Also

https://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2147

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 51558

File Name: debian_DSA-2147.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/18/2011

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 2.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:pimd, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/16/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-0007

BID: 45715

DSA: 2147