Fedora 20 : chkrootkit-0.49-9.fc20 (2014-7071)

low Nessus Plugin ID 74500

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

A quoting issue was found in chkrootkit which would lead to a file in /tmp/ being executed, if /tmp/ was mounted without the noexec option.
chkrootkit is typically run as the root user. A local attacker could use this flaw to escalate their privileges.

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Solution

Update the affected chkrootkit package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 74500

File Name: fedora_2014-7071.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 6/13/2014

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.7

Temporal Score: 3.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:20, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:chkrootkit

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/5/2014

Exploitable With

Metasploit (Chkrootkit Local Privilege Escalation)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0476

BID: 67813

FEDORA: 2014-7071

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