Ubuntu 4.10 / 5.04 : texinfo vulnerability (USN-194-1)

low Nessus Plugin ID 20608

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

Frank Lichtenheld discovered that the 'texindex' program created temporary files in an insecure manner. This could allow a symlink attack to create or overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running texindex.

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Solution

Update the affected info and / or texinfo packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 20608

File Name: ubuntu_USN-194-1.nasl

Version: 1.20

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks

Published: 1/15/2006

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.2

Temporal Score: 0.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:info, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:texinfo, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:4.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:5.04

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/6/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/14/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-3011

BID: 14854

USN: 194-1

Detections

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