Debian DSA-656-1 : vdr - insecure file access

medium Nessus Plugin ID 16246

Synopsis

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

Description

Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pena from the Debian Security Audit Team has discovered that the vdr daemon which is used for video disk recorders for DVB cards can overwrite arbitrary files.

Solution

Upgrade the vdr package.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.0-1woody2.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-656

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 16246

File Name: debian_DSA-656.nasl

Version: 1.21

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/25/2005

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/25/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/25/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0071

DSA: 656