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GLSA-200801-03 : Claws Mail: Insecure temporary file creation

low Nessus Plugin ID 29907

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-200801-03 (Claws Mail: Insecure temporary file creation)

 Nico Golde from Debian reported that the sylprint.pl script that is part of the Claws Mail tools creates temporary files in an insecure manner.
 Impact :

 A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to conduct symlink attacks to overwrite files with the privileges of the user running Claws Mail.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Claws Mail users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=mail-client/claws-mail-3.0.2-r1'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200801-03

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 29907

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200801-03.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Published: 1/10/2008

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.6

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:claws-mail, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/9/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-6208

CWE: 59

GLSA: 200801-03