CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
AI Score
Confidence
Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%
The remote host is missing an update to f2c announced via advisory DSA 661-1.
This VT has been merged into the VT
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 E-Soft Inc.
# 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.53493");
script_version("2023-06-29T08:15:14+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-06-29 08:15:14 +0000 (Thu, 29 Jun 2023)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-01-17 22:56:38 +0100 (Thu, 17 Jan 2008)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2005-0017", "CVE-2005-0018");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"2.1");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
script_name("Debian Security Advisory DSA 661-1 (f2c)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2008 E-Soft Inc.");
script_family("Debian Local Security Checks");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20661-1");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pena from the Debian Security Audit project
discovered that f2c and fc, which are both part of the f2c package, a
fortran 77 to C/C++ translator, open temporary files insecurely and
are hence vulnerable to a symlink attack. The Common
Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following
vulnerabilities:
CVE-2005-0017
Multiple insecure temporary files in the f2c translator.
CVE-2005-0018
Two insecure temporary files in the f2 shell script.
For the stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in
version 20010821-3.1
For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems will be fixed soon.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"We recommend that you upgrade your f2c package.");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update to f2c announced via advisory DSA 661-1.
This VT has been merged into the VT 'Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-661)' (OID: 1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.53539).");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"deprecated", value:TRUE);
exit(0);
}
exit(66);