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Debian Security Advisory DSA 053-1 (nedit)

🗓️ 17 Jan 2008 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2008 E-Soft Inc.Type 
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The nedit package in Debian GNU/Linux 2.2/potato had a vulnerability in its printing code, allowing an attacker to overwrite arbitrary files. Update to version 5.02-7.1

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# 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.53808");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2001-0556");
  script_version("2023-07-19T05:05:15+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-07-19 05:05:15 +0000 (Wed, 19 Jul 2023)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-01-17 14:24:38 +0100 (Thu, 17 Jan 2008)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.2");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_name("Debian Security Advisory DSA 053-1 (nedit)");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2008 E-Soft Inc.");
  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=DEB2\.2");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20053-1");
  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The nedit (Nirvana editor) package as shipped in the non-free section
accompanying Debian GNU/Linux 2.2/potato had a bug in its printing code:
when printing text it would create a temporary file with the to be
printed text and pass that on to the print system. The temporary file
was not created safely, which could be exploited by an attacked to make
nedit overwrite arbitrary files.

This has been fixed in version 5.02-7.1.");
  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update to nedit
announced via advisory DSA 053-1.");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  exit(0);
}

include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-deb.inc");

res = "";
report = "";
if((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"nedit", ver:"5.02-7.1", rls:"DEB2.2")) != NULL) {
  report += res;
}

if(report != "") {
  security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
  exit(99);
}

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19 Jul 2023 00:00Current
7.1High risk
Vulners AI Score7.1
CVSS 27.2
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