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GLSA-200411-22 : Davfs2, lvm-user: Insecure tempfile handling

low Nessus Plugin ID 15723

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200411-22 (Davfs2, lvm-user: Insecure tempfile handling)

 Florian Schilhabel from the Gentoo Linux Security Audit Team found that Davfs2 insecurely created .pid files in /tmp. Furthermore, Trustix Secure Linux found that the lvmcreate_initrd script, included in the lvm-user Gentoo package, also creates temporary files in world-writeable directories with predictable names.
 Impact :

 A local attacker could create symbolic links in the temporary files directory, pointing to a valid file somewhere on the filesystem.
 When Davfs2 or lvmcreate_initrd is called, this would result in the file being overwritten with the rights of the user running the software, which could be the root user.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Davfs2 users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-fs/davfs2-0.2.2-r1' All lvm-user users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=sys-fs/lvm-user-1.0.7-r2'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200411-22

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 15723

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200411-22.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Published: 11/16/2004

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:davfs2, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:lvm-user, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 11/11/2004

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/12/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0972

GLSA: 200411-22