GLSA-200504-20 : openMosixview: Insecure temporary file creation

low Nessus Plugin ID 18116

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-200504-20 (openMosixview: Insecure temporary file creation)

Gangstuck and Psirac from Rexotec discovered that openMosixview insecurely creates several temporary files with predictable filenames.
Impact :

A local attacker could create symbolic links in the temporary files directory, pointing to a valid file somewhere on the filesystem.
When openMosixView or the openMosixcollector daemon runs, this would result in the file being overwritten with the rights of the user running the utility, which could be the root user.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All openMosixview users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=sys-cluster/openmosixview-1.5-r1'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200504-20

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 18116

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200504-20.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Published: 4/22/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.6

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 4/21/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/24/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0894

GLSA: 200504-20