GLSA-200408-11 : Nessus: 'adduser' race condition vulnerability

low Nessus Plugin ID 14567

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200408-11 (Nessus: 'adduser' race condition vulnerability)

A race condition can occur in 'nessus-adduser' if the user has not configured their TMPDIR variable.
Impact :

A malicious user could exploit this bug to escalate privileges to the rights of the user running 'nessus-adduser'.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time. All users are encouraged to upgrade to the latest available version of Nessus.

Solution

All Nessus users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge sync # emerge -pv '>=net-analyzer/nessus-2.0.12' # emerge '>=net-analyzer/nessus-2.0.12'

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 14567

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200408-11.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 8/30/2004

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.7

Temporal Score: 2.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:nessus, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/12/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-1445

GLSA: 200408-11

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