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Debian DSA-323-1 : noweb - insecure temporary files

low Nessus Plugin ID 15160

Synopsis

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

Description

Jakob Lell discovered a bug in the 'noroff' script included in noweb whereby a temporary file was created insecurely. During a review, several other instances of this problem were found and fixed. Any of these bugs could be exploited by a local user to overwrite arbitrary files owned by the user invoking the script.

Solution

For the stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 2.9a-7.3.

For old stable distribution (potato) this problem has been fixed in version 2.9a-5.1.

We recommend that you update your noweb package.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-323

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 15160

File Name: debian_DSA-323.nasl

Version: 1.21

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: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:noweb, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:2.2, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/16/2003

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/16/2003

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2003-0381

BID: 7937

DSA: 323