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GLSA-200510-13 : SPE: Insecure file permissions

medium Nessus Plugin ID 20033

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200510-13 (SPE: Insecure file permissions)

 It was reported that due to an oversight all SPE's files are set as world-writeable.
 Impact :

 A local attacker could modify the executable files, causing arbitrary code to be executed with the permissions of the user running SPE.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All SPE users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose dev-util/spe

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200510-13

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 20033

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200510-13.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Published: 10/19/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:spe, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 10/15/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/15/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-3291

GLSA: 200510-13