Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200804-11 (policyd-weight)
🗓️ 24 Sep 2008 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2008 E-Soft Inc.Type
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 22 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vulnerabilities in the Debian GNU/Linux operating system that allow a local malicious individual to compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and accessibility of protected information | 28 Apr 201500:00 | – | bdu_fstec | |
| CVE-2008-1569 | 31 Mar 200822:00 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2008-1569 | 31 Mar 200822:00 | – | cvelist | |
| CVE-2008-1569 | 31 Mar 200822:00 | – | debiancve | |
| Debian DSA-1531-2 : policyd-weight - insecure temporary files | 28 Mar 200800:00 | – | nessus | |
| FreeBSD : postfix-policyd-weight -- working directory symlink vulnerability (072a53e0-0397-11dd-bd06-0017319806e7) | 11 Apr 200800:00 | – | nessus | |
| GLSA-200804-11 : policyd-weight: Insecure temporary file creation | 17 Apr 200800:00 | – | nessus | |
| EUVD-2008-1570 | 7 Oct 202500:30 | – | euvd | |
| policyd-weight: Insecure temporary file creation | 11 Apr 200800:00 | – | gentoo | |
| CVE-2008-1569 | 31 Mar 200822:44 | – | nvd |
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| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| securityspace | www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html |
| bugs | www.bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi |
# 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.60811");
script_version("2023-07-14T16:09:26+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-07-14 16:09:26 +0000 (Fri, 14 Jul 2023)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-09-24 21:14:03 +0200 (Wed, 24 Sep 2008)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2008-1569");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"3.3");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P");
script_name("Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200804-11 (policyd-weight)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2008 E-Soft Inc.");
script_family("Gentoo Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/gentoo", "ssh/login/pkg");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"policyd-weight uses temporary files in an insecure manner, allowing for a
symlink attack.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"All policyd-weight users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=mail-filter/policyd-weight-0.1.14.17'
This version changes the default path for sockets to
'/var/run/policyd-weight', which is only writable by a privileged user.
Users need to restart policyd-weight immediately after the upgrade due to
this change.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200804-11");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=214403");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200804-11.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
include("pkg-lib-gentoo.inc");
include("revisions-lib.inc");
res = "";
report = "";
report = "";
if ((res = ispkgvuln(pkg:"mail-filter/policyd-weight", unaffected: make_list("ge 0.1.14.17"), vulnerable: make_list("lt 0.1.14.17"))) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if (report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if (__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
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14 Jul 2023 00:00Current
6.7Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.7
CVSS 23.3
EPSS0.0043