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Debian DSA-050-1 : sendfile - broken privileges dropping, broken tempfile

medium Nessus Plugin ID 14887

Synopsis

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

Description

Colin Phipps and Daniel Kobras discovered and fixed several serious bugs in the saft daemon `sendfiled' which caused it to drop privileges incorrectly. Exploiting this a local user can easily make it execute arbitrary code under root privileges.

Solution

Upgrade the sendfile packages immediately.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-050

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 14887

File Name: debian_DSA-050.nasl

Version: 1.17

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: 6.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 4/20/2001

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2001-0623

DSA: 050