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Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200909-10 (lmbench)

🗓️ 15 Sep 2009 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (c) 2009 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.comType 
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Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200909-10 (lmbench) Auto generated from Gentoo's XML based advisory. Multiple insecure temporary file usage issues have been reported in LMBench, allowing for symlink attacks. LMBench has been removed from Portage. We recommend that users unmerge LMBench

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#
# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $
# Description: Auto generated from Gentoo's XML based advisory
#
# Authors:
# Thomas Reinke <[email protected]>
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2009 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,
# or at your option, GNU General Public License version 3,
# 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 = "Multiple insecure temporary file usage issues have been reported in
    LMBench, allowing for symlink attacks.";
tag_solution = "LMBench has been removed from Portage. We recommend that users unmerge
    LMBench:

    # emerge --unmerge app-benchmarks/lmbench

http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200909-10
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=246015";
tag_summary = "The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200909-10.";

                                                                                
                                                                                

if(description)
{
 script_id(64879);
 script_version("$Revision: 6595 $");
 script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2017-07-07 11:19:55 +0200 (Fri, 07 Jul 2017) $");
 script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2009-09-15 22:46:32 +0200 (Tue, 15 Sep 2009)");
 script_cve_id("CVE-2008-4968");
 script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.9");
 script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
 script_name("Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200909-10 (lmbench)");



 script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

 script_copyright("Copyright (c) 2009 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:"app-benchmarks/lmbench", unaffected: make_list(), vulnerable: make_list("le 3"))) != 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
6.6Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.6
EPSS0.00025
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