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GLSA-201311-16 : fcron: Information disclosure

low Nessus Plugin ID 71090

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201311-16 (fcron: Information disclosure)

 The fcrontab function contains a race condition relating to symlinks.
 Impact :

 A local attacker could perform symlink attacks to read arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running the application.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All fcron users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=sys-process/fcron-3.0.5-r2'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201311-16

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 71090

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201311-16.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Published: 11/26/2013

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.9

Temporal Score: 1.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:fcron, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/25/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-0792

BID: 38531

CWE: 59

GLSA: 201311-16