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Debian DSA-1327-1 : gsambad - insecure temporary files

high Nessus Plugin ID 25639

Synopsis

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

Description

Steve Kemp from the Debian Security Audit project discovered that gsambad, a GTK+ configuration tool for samba, uses temporary files in an unsafe manner which may be exploited to truncate arbitrary files from the local system.

Solution

Upgrade the gsambad package.

For the stable distribution (etch) this problem has been fixed in version 0.1.4-2etch1.

See Also

https://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1327

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 25639

File Name: debian_DSA-1327.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/2/2007

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gsambad, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 7/1/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-2838

DSA: 1327