2.1 Low
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
10.3%
Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pena discovered that a script of lm-sensors, utilities to read temperature/voltage/fan sensors, creates a temporary file with a predictable filename, leaving it vulnerable for a symlink attack.
#%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-814. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(19710);
script_version("1.21");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/04");
script_cve_id("CVE-2005-2672");
script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"814");
script_name(english:"Debian DSA-814-1 : lm-sensors - insecure temporary file");
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:
"Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pena discovered that a script of
lm-sensors, utilities to read temperature/voltage/fan sensors, creates
a temporary file with a predictable filename, leaving it vulnerable
for a symlink attack."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=324193"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-814"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:
"Upgrade the lm-sensors package.
The old stable distribution (woody) is not affected by this problem.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in
version 2.9.1-1sarge2."
);
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lm-sensors");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2005/09/15");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2005/09/17");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2005/08/22");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2021 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
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:"3.1", prefix:"kernel-patch-2.4-lm-sensors", reference:"2.9.1-1sarge2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.1", prefix:"libsensors-dev", reference:"2.9.1-1sarge2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.1", prefix:"libsensors3", reference:"2.9.1-1sarge2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.1", prefix:"lm-sensors", reference:"2.9.1-1sarge2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.1", prefix:"lm-sensors-2.4.27-2-386", reference:"2.9.1-1sarge2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.1", prefix:"lm-sensors-2.4.27-2-586tsc", reference:"2.9.1-1sarge2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.1", prefix:"lm-sensors-2.4.27-2-686", reference:"2.9.1-1sarge2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.1", prefix:"lm-sensors-2.4.27-2-686-smp", reference:"2.9.1-1sarge2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.1", prefix:"lm-sensors-2.4.27-2-k6", reference:"2.9.1-1sarge2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.1", prefix:"lm-sensors-2.4.27-2-k7", reference:"2.9.1-1sarge2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.1", prefix:"lm-sensors-2.4.27-2-k7-smp", reference:"2.9.1-1sarge2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.1", prefix:"lm-sensors-source", reference:"2.9.1-1sarge2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.1", prefix:"sensord", reference:"2.9.1-1sarge2")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_note(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
else security_note(0);
exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
debian | debian_linux | lm-sensors | p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lm-sensors |
debian | debian_linux | 3.1 | cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1 |