RHEL 2.1 : ddskk (RHSA-2003:242)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 12411

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

Updated ddskk packages which fix a temporary file security issue are now available.

Daredevil SKK is a simple Kana to Kanji conversion program, an input method of Japanese for Emacs.

ddskk does not take appropriate security precautions when creating temporary files. This bug could potentially be exploited to overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running Emacs and skk.
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has allocated the name CVE-2003-0539 to this issue.

All users of ddskk should upgrade to these erratum packages containing a backported security patch that corrects this issue.

Solution

Update the affected ddskk package.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2003-0539

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003:242

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 12411

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2003-242.nasl

Version: 1.25

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/6/2004

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ddskk, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Patch Publication Date: 8/11/2003

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/18/2003

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2003-0539

RHSA: 2003:242