Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | New net-acct packages fix insecure temporary file creation |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | DSA-559 | First vendor Publication | 2004-10-06 |
| Vendor | Debian | Last vendor Modification | 2004-10-06 |
| Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | 1 |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
| Cvss vector : N/A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall CVSS Score | NA | ||
| Base Score | NA | Environmental Score | NA |
| impact SubScore | NA | Temporal Score | NA |
| Exploitabality Sub Score | NA | ||
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 2.1 | Attack Range | Local |
| Cvss Impact Score | 2.9 | Attack Complexity | Low |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 3.9 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| Stefan Nordhausen has identified a local security hole in net-acct, a user-mode IP accounting daemon. Old and redundant code from some time way back in the past created a temporary file in an insecure fashion. For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.71-5woody1. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 0.71-7. We recommend that you upgrade your net-acct package. |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-559 |
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
| Type | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 3 |
OpenVAS Exploits
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2008-01-17 | Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 559-1 (net-acct) File : nvt/deb_559_1.nasl |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| Id | Description |
|---|---|
| 9750 | Net-Acct Insecure Temporary File Creation Net-Acct contains a flaw that may allow a local malicious user to perform a symlink attack using a temporary file (/tmp/nacctd.write.[pid]) created with the rite_list and dump_curr_list functions. The issue is triggered when a local malicious user creates a specially crafted temporary file and creates a symlink to an arbitrary file. It is possible that the flaw may allow arbitrary code execution resulting in a loss of integrity. |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2004-11-10 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-559.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
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| 2014-02-17 11:33:28 |
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