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GLSA-201203-18 : Minitube: Insecure temporary file usage

medium Nessus Plugin ID 59610

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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-201203-18 (Minitube: Insecure temporary file usage)

 Tomáš Pružina reported that Minitube does not handle temporary files securely.
 Impact :

 A local attacker could perform symlink attacks to overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running the application.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Minitube users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=media-video/minitube-1.6' NOTE: This is a legacy GLSA. Updates for all affected architectures are available since November 11, 2011. It is likely that your system is already no longer affected by this issue.

See Also

https://flavio.tordini.org/minitube-1-6-released

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201203-18

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 59610

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201203-18.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Published: 6/21/2012

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/16/2012

Reference Information

BID: 50104

GLSA: 201203-18