GLSA-200501-42 : VDR: Arbitrary file overwriting issue

medium Nessus Plugin ID 16433

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-200501-42 (VDR: Arbitrary file overwriting issue)

Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pena from the Debian Security Audit Team discovered that VDR accesses user-controlled files insecurely.
Impact :

A local attacker could create malicious links and invoke a VDR recording that would overwrite arbitrary files on the system.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All VDR users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=media-video/vdr-1.2.6-r1'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200501-42

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 16433

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200501-42.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Published: 2/14/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: 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:gentoo:linux:vdr, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/30/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/25/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0071

GLSA: 200501-42