FreeBSD : rsnapshot -- local privilege escalation (8c5ad0cf-ba37-11d9-837d-000e0c2e438a)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 19023

Synopsis

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

Description

An rsnapshot Advisory reports :

The copy_symlink() subroutine in rsnapshot incorrectly changes file ownership on the files pointed to by symlinks, not on the symlinks themselves. This would allow, under certain circumstances, an arbitrary user to take ownership of a file on the main filesystem.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

https://rsnapshot.org/security/2005/001.html

http://www.nessus.org/u?b5a184ef

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 19023

File Name: freebsd_pkg_8c5ad0cfba3711d9837d000e0c2e438a.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Published: 7/13/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:rsnapshot, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Patch Publication Date: 5/1/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/10/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-1064

BID: 13095