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Debian DSA-1676-1 : flamethrower - insecure temp file generation

medium Nessus Plugin ID 34995

Synopsis

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

Description

Dmitry E. Oboukhov discovered that flamethrower creates predictable temporary filenames, which may lead to a local denial of service through a symlink attack.

Solution

Upgrade the flamethrower package.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 0.1.8-1+etch1.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=506350

https://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1676

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 34995

File Name: debian_DSA-1676.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/2/2008

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:flamethrower, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 12/1/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-5141

CWE: 59

DSA: 1676