The Debian 'libdbi-perl' package in Debian 3.0 creates a temporary PID file insecurely, allowing a malicious user to overwrite arbitrary files
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 34 |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | FreeBSD : p5-DBI -- insecure temporary file creation vulnerability (8cfb6f42-d2b0-11da-a672-000e0c2e438a) | 13 May 200600:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Debian DSA-658-1 : libdbi-perl - insecure temporary file | 25 Jan 200500:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | SuSE9 Security Update : perl-DBI (YOU Patch Number 9838) | 24 Sep 200900:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | RHEL 2.1 / 3 : perl (RHSA-2005:069) | 2 Feb 200500:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Ubuntu 4.10 : libdbi-perl vulnerabilities (USN-70-1) | 15 Jan 200600:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : perl-DBI (MDKSA-2005:030) | 10 Feb 200500:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | RHEL 4 : perl-DBI (RHSA-2005:072) | 22 Feb 200500:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | GLSA-200501-38 : Perl: rmtree and DBI tmpfile vulnerabilities | 14 Feb 200500:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | (RHSA-2005:069) perl security update | 1 Feb 200500:00 | – | redhat |
![]() | (RHSA-2005:072) perl-DBI security update | 15 Feb 200500:00 | – | redhat |
Source | Link |
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debian | www.debian.org/security/2005/DSA-658-1 |
security-tracker | www.security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-658 |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.53490");
script_cve_id("CVE-2005-0077");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-01-17 21:56:38 +0000 (Thu, 17 Jan 2008)");
script_version("2024-02-01T14:37:10+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-01 14:37:10 +0000 (Thu, 01 Feb 2024)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"2.1");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
script_name("Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-658-1)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2008 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Debian Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/debian_linux", "ssh/login/packages", re:"ssh/login/release=DEB3\.0");
script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"DSA-658-1");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2005/DSA-658-1");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-658");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'libdbi-perl' package(s) announced via the DSA-658-1 advisory.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pena from the Debian Security Audit Project discovered that the DBI library, the Perl5 database interface, creates a temporary PID file in an insecure manner. This can be exploited by a malicious user to overwrite arbitrary files owned by the person executing the parts of the library.
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.21-2woody2.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 1.46-6.
We recommend that you upgrade your libdbi-perl package.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'libdbi-perl' package(s) on Debian 3.0.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
exit(0);
}
include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-deb.inc");
release = dpkg_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
exit(0);
res = "";
report = "";
if(release == "DEB3.0") {
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libdbi-perl", ver:"1.21-2woody2", rls:"DEB3.0"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
exit(0);
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