Debian DSA-1216-1 : flexbackup - insecure temporary file

medium Nessus Plugin ID 23702

Synopsis

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

Description

Eric Romang discovered that the flexbackup backup tool creates temporary files in an insecure manner, which allows denial of service through a symlink attack.

Solution

Upgrade the flexbackup package.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.1-2sarge1.

For the upcoming stable distribution (etch) this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.1-3.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 23702

File Name: debian_DSA-1216.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 11/22/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:flexbackup, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 11/20/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/15/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-4802

DSA: 1216

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