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Debian DSA-118-1 : xsane - insecure temporary files

high Nessus Plugin ID 14955

Synopsis

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

Description

Tim Waugh found several insecure uses of temporary files in the xsane program, which is used for scanning. This was fixed for Debian/stable by moving those files into a securely created directory within the /tmp directory.

Solution

Upgrade the xsane package.

This problem has been fixed in version 0.50-5.1 for the stable Debian distribution and in version 0.84-0.1 for the testing and unstable distribution of Debian.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-118

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 14955

File Name: debian_DSA-118.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/29/2004

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:xsane, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:2.2

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

Patch Publication Date: 3/5/2002

Reference Information

DSA: 118