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Debian DSA-960-3 : libmail-audit-perl - insecure temporary file creation

low Nessus Plugin ID 22826

Synopsis

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

Description

The former update caused temporary files to be created in the current working directory due to a wrong function argument. This update will create temporary files in the users home directory if HOME is set or in the common temporary directory otherwise, usually /tmp. For completeness below is a copy of the original advisory text :

 Niko Tyni discovered that the Mail::Audit module, a Perl library for creating simple mail filters, logs to a temporary file with a predictable filename in an insecure fashion when logging is turned on, which is not the case by default.

Solution

Upgrade the libmail-audit-perl package.

For the old stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 2.0-4woody3.

For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 2.1-5sarge4.

See Also

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=344029

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-960

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 22826

File Name: debian_DSA-960.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/14/2006

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:N/I:P/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libmail-audit-perl, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

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

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/31/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-4536

DSA: 960