FreeBSD : id3lib -- insecure temporary file creation (15ec9123-7061-11dc-b372-001921ab2fa4)

high Nessus Plugin ID 26212

Synopsis

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

Description

Debian Bug report log reports :

When tagging file $foo, a temporary copy of the file is created, and for some reason, libid3 doesn't use mkstemp but just creates $foo.XXXXXX literally, without any checking.

This would silently truncate and overwrite an existing $foo.XXXXXX.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?8ab9f5a6

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 26212

File Name: freebsd_pkg_15ec9123706111dcb372001921ab2fa4.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Published: 10/3/2007

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:id3lib, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/1/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/20/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-4460

BID: 25372