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Debian DSA-761-2 : heartbeat - insecure temporary files

low Nessus Plugin ID 19224

Synopsis

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

Description

The security update DSA 761-1 for heartbeat contained a bug which caused a regression. This problem is corrected with this advisory.
 For completeness below please find the original advisory text :

 Eric Romang discovered several insecure temporary file creations in heartbeat, the subsystem for High-Availability Linux.

Solution

Upgrade the heartbeat package.

For the old stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 0.4.9.0l-7.3.

For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 1.2.3-9sarge3.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-761

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 19224

File Name: debian_DSA-761.nasl

Version: 1.22

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/19/2005

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, 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:debian:debian_linux:heartbeat, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

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

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/27/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-2231

DSA: 761