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Debian DSA-362-1 : mindi - insecure temporary file

medium Nessus Plugin ID 15199

Synopsis

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

Description

mindi, a program for creating boot/root disks, does not take appropriate security precautions when creating temporary files. This bug could potentially be exploited to overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running mindi.

Solution

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.58.r5-1woody1.

We recommend that you update your mindi package.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/203825

http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-362

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 15199

File Name: debian_DSA-362.nasl

Version: 1.20

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:mindi, 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: 8/2/2003

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2003-0617

BID: 8332

DSA: 362