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GLSA-200901-14 : Scilab: Insecure temporary file usage

medium Nessus Plugin ID 35443

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-200901-14 (Scilab: Insecure temporary file usage)

 Dmitry E. Oboukhov reported an insecure temporary file usage within the scilink, scidoc and scidem scripts.
 Impact :

 A local attacker could perform symlink attacks to overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running the application.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Scilab users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=sci-mathematics/scilab-4.1.2-r1'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200901-14

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 35443

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200901-14.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Published: 1/22/2009

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/21/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-4983

CWE: 59

GLSA: 200901-14