GLSA-200604-13 : fbida: Insecure temporary file creation

low Nessus Plugin ID 21278

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-200604-13 (fbida: Insecure temporary file creation)

Jan Braun has discovered that the 'fbgs' script provided by fbida insecurely creates temporary files in the '/var/tmp' directory.
Impact :

A local attacker could create links in the temporary file directory, pointing to a valid file somewhere on the filesystem. When an affected script is called, this could result in the file being overwritten with the rights of the user running the script.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All fbida users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=media-gfx/fbida-2.03-r3'

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 21278

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200604-13.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 4/26/2006

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.2

Temporal Score: 0.9

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/23/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/8/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-1695

BID: 17436

GLSA: 200604-13

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