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Debian DSA-041-1 : joe - local exploit

medium Nessus Plugin ID 14878

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Christer Oberg of Wkit Security AB found a problem in joe (Joe's Own Editor). joe will look for a configuration file in three locations:
The current directory, the users homedirectory ($HOME) and in /etc/joe. Since the configuration file can define commands joe will run (for example to check spelling) reading it from the current directory can be dangerous: An attacker can leave a .joerc file in a writable directory, which would be read when a unsuspecting user starts joe in that directory.

Solution

This has been fixed in version 2.8-15.3 and we recommend that you upgrade your joe package immediately.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-041

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 14878

File Name: debian_DSA-041.nasl

Version: 1.20

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/29/2004

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:joe, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:2.2

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Patch Publication Date: 3/9/2001

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2001-0289

BID: 2437

DSA: 041