Debian DSA-787-1 : backup-manager - insecure permissions and tempfile

low Nessus Plugin ID 19530

Synopsis

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

Description

Two bugs have been found in backup-manager, a command-line driven backup utility. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :

- CAN-2005-1855 Jeroen Vermeulen discovered that backup files are created with default permissions making them world readable, even though they may contain sensitive information.

- CAN-2005-1856

Sven Joachim discovered that the optional CD-burning feature of backup-manager uses a hard-coded filename in a world-writable directory for logging. This can be subject to a symlink attack.

The old stable distribution (woody) does not provide the backup-manager package.

Solution

Upgrade the backup-manager package.

For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 0.5.7-1sarge1.

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 19530

File Name: debian_DSA-787.nasl

Version: 1.21

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 8/30/2005

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:P/I:N/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:backup-manager, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 8/26/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/26/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-1855, CVE-2005-1856

DSA: 787

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