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Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200804-09 (am-utils)

🗓️ 24 Sep 2008 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (c) 2008 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.comType 
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Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200804-09 for am-utils, allows local users to overwrite file

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# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $
# Description: Auto generated from Gentoo's XML based advisory
#
# Authors:
# Thomas Reinke <[email protected]>
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2008 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com
# Text descriptions are largely excerpted from the referenced
# advisories, and are Copyright (c) the respective author(s)
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2,
# as published by the Free Software Foundation
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
#

include("revisions-lib.inc");
tag_insight = "am-utils creates temporary files insecurely allowing local users to
overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.";
tag_solution = "All am-utils users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-fs/am-utils-6.1.5'

http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200804-09
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=210158";
tag_summary = "The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200804-09.";

                                                                                

if(description)
{
 script_id(60809);
 script_version("$Revision: 6596 $");
 script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2017-07-07 11:21:37 +0200 (Fri, 07 Jul 2017) $");
 script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-09-24 21:14:03 +0200 (Wed, 24 Sep 2008)");
 script_cve_id("CVE-2008-1078");
 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("Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200804-09 (am-utils)");



 script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

 script_copyright("Copyright (c) 2008 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com");
 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 : tag_insight);
 script_tag(name : "solution" , value : tag_solution);
 script_tag(name : "summary" , value : tag_summary);
 script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
 script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
 exit(0);
}

#
# The script code starts here
#

include("pkg-lib-gentoo.inc");

res = "";
report = "";
if ((res = ispkgvuln(pkg:"net-fs/am-utils", unaffected: make_list("ge 6.1.5"), vulnerable: make_list("lt 6.1.5"))) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}

if (report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
} else if (__pkg_match) {
    exit(99); # Not vulnerable.
}

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07 Jul 2017 00:00Current
6.5Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.5
EPSS0.00031
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