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Debian DSA-256-1 : mhc - insecure temporary file

low Nessus Plugin ID 15093

Synopsis

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

Description

A problem has been discovered in adb2mhc from the mhc-utils package.
The default temporary directory uses a predictable name. This adds a vulnerability that allows a local attacker to overwrite arbitrary files the users has write permissions for.

Solution

Upgrade the mhc-utils packages.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.25+20010625-7.1.

The old stable distribution (potato) does not contain mhc packages.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-256

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 15093

File Name: debian_DSA-256.nasl

Version: 1.22

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: 1.2

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/28/2003

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/28/2003

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2003-0120

DSA: 256