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Debian DSA-325-1 : eldav - insecure temporary file

low Nessus Plugin ID 15162

Synopsis

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

Description

eldav, a WebDAV client for Emacs, creates temporary files without taking appropriate security precautions. This vulnerability could be exploited by a local user to create or overwrite files with the privileges of the user running emacs and eldav.

Solution

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.0.20020411-1woody1.

The old stable distribution (potato) does not contain an eldav package.

We recommend that you update your eldav package.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-325

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 15162

File Name: debian_DSA-325.nasl

Version: 1.21

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

Temporal Score: 1

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Patch Publication Date: 6/19/2003

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2003-0438

BID: 7987

DSA: 325