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Debian DSA-1577-1 : gforge - insecure temporary files

medium Nessus Plugin ID 32378

Synopsis

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

Description

Stephen Gran and Mark Hymers discovered that some scripts run by GForge, a collaborative development tool, open files in write mode in a potentially insecure manner. This may be exploited to overwrite arbitrary files on the local system.

Solution

Upgrade the gforge package.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 4.5.14-22etch8.

See Also

https://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1577

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 32378

File Name: debian_DSA-1577.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/19/2008

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.6

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:debian:debian_linux:gforge, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 5/14/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-0167

CWE: 59

DSA: 1577