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GLSA-200507-22 : sandbox: Insecure temporary file handling

🗓️ 31 Jul 2005 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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sandbox: Insecure temporary file handling, multiple TOCTOU file creation race condition

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200507-22.
#
# The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2015 Gentoo Foundation, Inc.
# and licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike 
# license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#

include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(19324);
  script_version("1.14");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/06");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2005-2449");
  script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"200507-22");

  script_name(english:"GLSA-200507-22 : sandbox: Insecure temporary file handling");
  script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package(s) in /var/db/pkg");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:
"The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related
patches."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200507-22
(sandbox: Insecure temporary file handling)

    The Gentoo Linux Security Audit Team discovered that the sandbox
    utility was vulnerable to multiple TOCTOU (Time of Check, Time of Use)
    file creation race conditions.
  
Impact :

    Local users may be able to create or overwrite arbitrary files with the
    permissions of the root user.
  
Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200507-22"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"All sandbox users should upgrade to the latest version:
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=sys-apps/sandbox-1.2.11'"
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/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:gentoo:linux:sandbox");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2005/07/25");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2005/07/31");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2005/07/25");
  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:"Gentoo Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("qpkg.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Gentoo");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;

if (qpkg_check(package:"sys-apps/sandbox", unaffected:make_list("ge 1.2.11"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 1.2.11"))) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_note(port:0, extra:qpkg_report_get());
  else security_note(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = qpkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "sandbox");
}

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06 Jan 2021 00:00Current
5.8Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.8
CVSS 21.2
EPSS0.00304
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