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Debian DSA-353-1 : sup - insecure temporary file

medium Nessus Plugin ID 15190

Synopsis

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

Description

sup, a package used to maintain collections of files in identical versions across machines, fails to take appropriate security precautions when creating temporary files. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running sup.

Solution

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.8-8woody1.

We recommend that you update your sup package.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-353

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 15190

File Name: debian_DSA-353.nasl

Version: 1.23

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: Medium

Score: 4.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/29/2003

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/29/2003

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2003-0606

BID: 6150

DSA: 353