FreeBSD : automake -- Insecure 'distcheck' recipe granted world-writable distdir (10f38033-e006-11e1-9304-000000000000)
high Nessus Plugin ID 61444
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Synopsis
The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.Description
GNU reports :The recipe of the 'distcheck' target granted temporary world-write permissions on the extracted distdir. This introduced a locally exploitable race condition for those who run 'make distcheck' with a non-restrictive umask (e.g., 022) in a directory that was accessible by others. A successful exploit would result in arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the user running 'make distcheck'.
It is important to stress that this vulnerability impacts not only the Automake package itself, but all packages with Automake-generated makefiles. For an effective fix it is necessary to regenerate the Makefile.in files with a fixed Automake version.
Solution
Update the affected package.See Also
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2012-07/msg00023.html
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 61444
File Name: freebsd_pkg_10f38033e00611e19304000000000000.nasl
Version: Revision: 1.2
Type: local
Family: FreeBSD Local Security Checks
Published: 8/7/2012
Updated: 8/15/2012
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info
Patch Publication Date: 8/6/2012
Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/9/2012
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2012-3386