GLSA-201201-11 : Firewall Builder: Privilege escalation

medium Nessus Plugin ID 57653

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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-201201-11 (Firewall Builder: Privilege escalation)

Two vulnerabilities in Firewall Builder allow the iptables and fwb_install scripts to use temporary files insecurely.
Impact :

A local attacker could possibly overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running Firewall Builder.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Firewall Builder users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-firewall/fwbuilder-3.0.7' NOTE: This is a legacy GLSA. Updates for all affected architectures are available since March 09, 2010. It is likely that your system is already no longer affected by this issue.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 57653

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201201-11.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 1/24/2012

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

Temporal Score: 5.1

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/23/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-4956, CVE-2009-4664

BID: 36468

CWE: 59

GLSA: 201201-11

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