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GLSA-201402-10 : PulseAudio: Insecure temporary file usage

medium Nessus Plugin ID 72410

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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-201402-10 (PulseAudio: Insecure temporary file usage)

 The pa_make_secure_dir function in core-util.c 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 PulseAudio users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=media-sound/pulseaudio-0.9.22'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201402-10

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 72410

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201402-10.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Published: 2/10/2014

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Temporal Score: 5.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:pulseaudio, 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: 2/7/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-1299

BID: 38768

GLSA: 201402-10