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Debian DSA-770-1 : gopher - insecure tmpfile creating

high Nessus Plugin ID 19319

Synopsis

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

Description

John Goerzen discovered that gopher, a client for the Gopher Distributed Hypertext protocol, creates temporary files in an insecure fashion.

Solution

Upgrade the gopher package.

For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 3.0.3woody3.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 3.0.7sarge1.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-770

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 19319

File Name: debian_DSA-770.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/31/2005

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gopher, 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

Patch Publication Date: 7/29/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/29/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-1853

DSA: 770