Debian DSA-1402-1 : gforge - insecure temporary files

low Nessus Plugin ID 27819

Synopsis

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

Description

Steve Kemp from the Debian Security Audit project discovered that gforge, a collaborative development tool, used temporary files insecurely which could allow local users to truncate files upon the system with the privileges of the gforge user, or create a denial of service attack.

Solution

Upgrade the gforge package.

For the old stable distribution (sarge), this problem has been fixed in version 3.1-31sarge4.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 4.5.14-22etch3.

See Also

https://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1402

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 27819

File Name: debian_DSA-1402.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/8/2007

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gforge, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 11/7/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-3921

CWE: 59

DSA: 1402