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GLSA-201110-09 : Conky: Privilege escalation

medium Nessus Plugin ID 56502

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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-201110-09 (Conky: Privilege escalation)

 A privilege escalation vulnerability due to an insecure temporary file was found in Conky.
 Impact :

 A local attacker could possibly overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running Conky.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Conky users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-admin/conky-1.8.1-r2'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201110-09

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 56502

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201110-09.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Published: 10/14/2011

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 10/13/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-3616

GLSA: 201110-09