Debian DSA-1577-1 : gforge - insecure temporary files. GForge collaboratie development tool opens files in insecure manner, leading to file overwrite
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 8 |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Debian Security Advisory DSA 1577-1 (gforge) | 27 May 200800:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1577-1) | 27 May 200800:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | CVE-2008-0167 | 18 May 200814:20 | – | nvd |
![]() | [SECURITY] [DSA 1577-1] New gforge packages fix insecure temporary files | 14 May 200815:33 | – | debian |
![]() | CVE-2008-0167 | 18 May 200814:20 | – | cve |
![]() | CVE-2008-0167 | 18 May 200800:00 | – | ubuntucve |
![]() | CVE-2008-0167 | 18 May 200814:00 | – | cvelist |
![]() | Design/Logic Flaw | 18 May 200814:20 | – | prion |
Source | Link |
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debian | www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1577 |
cve | www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi |
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-1577. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(32378);
script_version("1.15");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/04");
script_cve_id("CVE-2008-0167");
script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"1577");
script_name(english:"Debian DSA-1577-1 : gforge - insecure temporary files");
script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"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."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1577"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:
"Upgrade the gforge package.
For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in
version 4.5.14-22etch8."
);
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_cwe_id(59);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gforge");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2008/05/14");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2008/05/19");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2008-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("debian_package.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
flag = 0;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"gforge", reference:"4.5.14-22etch8")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"gforge-common", reference:"4.5.14-22etch8")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"gforge-db-postgresql", reference:"4.5.14-22etch8")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"gforge-dns-bind9", reference:"4.5.14-22etch8")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"gforge-ftp-proftpd", reference:"4.5.14-22etch8")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"gforge-ldap-openldap", reference:"4.5.14-22etch8")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"gforge-lists-mailman", reference:"4.5.14-22etch8")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"gforge-mta-courier", reference:"4.5.14-22etch8")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"gforge-mta-exim", reference:"4.5.14-22etch8")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"gforge-mta-exim4", reference:"4.5.14-22etch8")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"gforge-mta-postfix", reference:"4.5.14-22etch8")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"gforge-shell-ldap", reference:"4.5.14-22etch8")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"gforge-shell-postgresql", reference:"4.5.14-22etch8")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"gforge-web-apache", reference:"4.5.14-22etch8")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
else security_warning(0);
exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
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