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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2008-5373

high Nessus Plugin ID 217088

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Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

 - mtx-changer.Adic-Scalar-24 in bacula-common 2.4.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/mtx.##### temporary file, probably a related issue to CVE-2005-2995.
 (CVE-2008-5373)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2008-5373

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 217088

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2008_5373.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/3/2025

Updated: 9/4/2025

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: 6.9

Temporal Score: 5.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2008-5373

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.7

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bacula-storage-postgresql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bacula-storage-mysql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bacula-console-bat, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bacula-console, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bacula-director-mysql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bacula-director-sqlite, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bacula-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bacula-traymonitor, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bacula-docs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bacula-storage-sqlite, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bacula-client, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bacula-director-postgresql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bacula-storage-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bacula-director-common, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/8/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-5373