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Debian DSA-331-1 : imagemagick - insecure temporary file

medium Nessus Plugin ID 15168

Synopsis

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

Description

imagemagick's libmagick library, under certain circumstances, creates temporary files without taking appropriate security precautions. This vulnerability could be exploited by a local user to create or overwrite files with the privileges of another user who is invoking a program using this library.

Solution

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 4:5.4.4.5-1woody1.

We recommend that you update your imagemagick package.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-331

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 15168

File Name: debian_DSA-331.nasl

Version: 1.24

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: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:imagemagick, 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: 6/27/2003

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/27/2003

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2003-0455

BID: 8057

DSA: 331