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Debian DSA-2945-1 : chkrootkit - security update

low Nessus Plugin ID 74294

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Synopsis

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

Description

Thomas Stangner discovered a vulnerability in chkrootkit, a rootkit detector, which may allow local attackers to gain root access when /tmp is mounted without the noexec option.

Solution

Upgrade the chkrootkit packages.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 0.49-4.1+deb7u2.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/chkrootkit

https://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2945

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 74294

File Name: debian_DSA-2945.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/4/2014

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.7

Temporal Score: 3.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:chkrootkit, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/3/2014

Exploitable With

Metasploit (Chkrootkit Local Privilege Escalation)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0476

DSA: 2945