The Debian 'xfs' package in Debian 4 is missing an update announced in the DSA-1342-1 advisory. It allows modification of file permissions if the local administrator is tricked into restarting the X font server
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 46 |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | X.Org xorg-x11-xfs <= 1.0.2-3.1 Local Race Condition Exploit | 21 Feb 200800:00 | – | zdt |
![]() | CVE-2007-3103 | 15 Jul 200722:00 | – | cvelist |
![]() | Moderate: xorg-x11 security update | 12 Jul 200700:00 | – | oraclelinux |
![]() | Moderate: xorg-x11-xfs security update | 12 Jul 200700:00 | – | oraclelinux |
![]() | CVE-2007-3103 | 15 Jul 200722:30 | – | nvd |
![]() | Scientific Linux Security Update : xorg-x11 on SL4.x i386/x86_64 | 1 Aug 201200:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Debian DSA-1342-1 : xfs - race condition | 1 Aug 200700:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Scientific Linux Security Update : xorg-x11-xfs on SL5.x i386/x86_64 | 1 Aug 201200:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Fedora 9 : xorg-x11-xfs-1.0.5-2.1.fc9 (2009-3666) | 3 Jul 200900:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | RHEL 5 : xorg-x11-xfs (RHSA-2007:0520) | 18 Jul 200700:00 | – | nessus |
Source | Link |
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security-tracker | www.security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-1342 |
debian | www.debian.org/security/2007/DSA-1342-1 |
# 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.58513");
script_cve_id("CVE-2007-3103");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-01-17 22:19:52 +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:"6.2");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_name("Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1342-1)");
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=DEB4");
script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"DSA-1342-1");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2007/DSA-1342-1");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-1342");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'xfs' package(s) announced via the DSA-1342-1 advisory.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"It was discovered that a race condition in the init.d script of the X Font Server allows the modification of file permissions of arbitrary files if the local administrator can be tricked into restarting the X font server.
For the oldstable distribution (sarge) xfs is present as part of the monolithic xfree86 package. A fix will be provided along with a future security update.
For the stable distribution (etch) this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.1-6.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.4-2.
We recommend that you upgrade your xfs package.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'xfs' package(s) on Debian 4.");
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 == "DEB4") {
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"xfs", ver:"1:1.0.1-6", rls:"DEB4"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
exit(0);
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