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Debian DSA-172-1 : tkmail - insecure temporary files

low Nessus Plugin ID 15009

Synopsis

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

Description

It has been discovered that tkmail creates temporary files insecurely.
Exploiting this an attacker with local access can easily create and overwrite files as another user.

Solution

Upgrade the tkmail packages.

This problem has been fixed in version 4.0beta9-8.1 for the current stable distribution (woody), in version 4.0beta9-4.1 for the old stable distribution (potato) and in version 4.0beta9-9 for the unstable distribution (sid).

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-172

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 15009

File Name: debian_DSA-172.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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:tkmail, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:2.2, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 10/8/2002

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2002-1193

DSA: 172