Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : rpmdevtools (MDVSA-2013:123)

low Nessus Plugin ID 66135

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Synopsis

The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

Updated rpmdevtools package fixes security vulnerability :

A TOCTOU race condition was found in the way 'annotate-output' (used to execute a program annotating the output linewise with time and stream) tool of rpmdevtools before 8.3 performed management of its temporary files used for standard output and standard error output. A local attacker could use this flaw to conduct symbolic link attacks, possibly leading to their ability in an unauthorized way to alter files belonging to the user running the 'annotate-output' tool (CVE-2012-3500).

Solution

Update the affected rpmdevtools package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 66135

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2013-123.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Family: Mandriva Local Security Checks

Published: 4/20/2013

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.2

Temporal Score: 0.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:mandriva:business_server:1, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:rpmdevtools

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/10/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-3500

BID: 55358

MDVSA: 2013:123

MGASA: 2012-0316

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