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Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:244 (xfig)

🗓️ 28 Sep 2009 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2009 E-Soft Inc.Type 
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Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:244 (xfig) addresses a vulnerability in xfig, allowing local users to read and write arbitrary files via symlink attacks

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2009 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 OR GPL-3.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.64955");
  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:"2009-09-28 19:09:13 +0200 (Mon, 28 Sep 2009)");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2009-1962");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.4");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_name("Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:244 (xfig)");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2009 E-Soft Inc.");
  script_family("Mandrake Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/mandriva_mandrake_linux", "ssh/login/rpms", re:"ssh/login/release=MNDK_4\.0");
  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"A vulnerability was discovered and corrected in xfig:

Xfig in Debian GNU/Linux, possibly 3.2.5, allows local users to
read and write arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1)
xfig-eps[PID], (2) xfig-pic[PID].pix, (3) xfig-pic[PID].err,
(4) xfig-pcx[PID].pix, (5) xfig-xfigrc[PID], (6) xfig[PID], (7)
xfig-print[PID], (8) xfig-export[PID].err, (9) xfig-batch[PID], (10)
xfig-exp[PID], or (11) xfig-spell.[PID] temporary files, where [PID]
is a process ID (CVE-2009-1962).

This update provides a solution to this vulnerability.

Affected: Corporate 4.0");
  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification
of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=MDVSA-2009:244");
  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update to xfig
announced via advisory MDVSA-2009:244.");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  exit(0);
}

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

res = "";
report = "";
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"xfig", rpm:"xfig~3.2.5~0.3.20060mlcs4", rls:"MNDK_4.0")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}

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

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19 Jul 2023 00:00Current
6.5Medium risk
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CVSS 24.4
EPSS0.00332
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