Executive Summary

Summary
Title Prewikka: password disclosure
Informations
Name GLSA-201101-07 First vendor Publication 2011-01-16
Vendor Gentoo Last vendor Modification 2011-01-16
Severity (Vendor) Normal Revision N/A

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:P/I:N/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

Synopsis

Due to a world-readable file, a local attacker can obtain the SQL database password used by Prewikka.

Background

Prewikka is a graphical front-end analysis console for the Prelude Hybrid IDS Framework.

Description

The permissions of the prewikka.conf file are set world readable.

Impact

A local attacker could obtain the SQL database password used by Prewikka.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Prewikka users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-analyzer/prewikka-0.9.14-r2"

NOTE: This is a legacy GLSA. Updates for all affected architectures are available since May 18, 2009 . It is likely that your system is already no longer affected by this issue.

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2010-2058 : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-2058

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201101-07.xml

Original Source

Url : http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201101-07.xml

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2011-03-09 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 201101-07 (Prewikka)
File : nvt/glsa_201101_07.nasl
2009-05-05 Name : Fedora Core 9 FEDORA-2009-3789 (prewikka)
File : nvt/fcore_2009_3789.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
54627 Prewikka prewikka.conf Permission Weakness Local Database Password Disclosure

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2011-01-17 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201101-07.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-28 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2009-3789.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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