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Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-857-1)

🗓️ 17 Jan 2008 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2008 Greenbone AGType 
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The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'graphviz' package(s) announced via the DSA-857-1 advisory. Insecure temporary file creation in graphviz can be exploited to overwrite arbitrary files by a local attacker

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# 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.55596");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2005-4803");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-01-17 22:03:37 +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:"3.6");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P");

  script_name("Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-857-1)");
  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\.1");

  script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"DSA-857-1");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2005/DSA-857-1");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-857");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'graphviz' package(s) announced via the DSA-857-1 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 discovered insecure temporary file creation in graphviz, a rich set of graph drawing tools, that can be exploited to overwrite arbitrary files by a local attacker.

For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem probably persists but the package is non-free.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 2.2.1-1sarge1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 2.2.1-1sarge1.

We recommend that you upgrade your graphviz package.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'graphviz' package(s) on Debian 3.1.");

  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 == "DEB3.1") {

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"graphviz", ver:"2.2.1-1sarge1", rls:"DEB3.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"graphviz-dev", ver:"2.2.1-1sarge1", rls:"DEB3.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"graphviz-doc", ver:"2.2.1-1sarge1", rls:"DEB3.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
  } else if(__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
  }
  exit(0);
}

exit(0);

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17 Jan 2008 00:00Current
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