Executive Summary

Summary
Title debmake vulnerability
Informations
Name USN-49-1 First vendor Publication 2004-12-23
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2004-12-23
Severity (Vendor) N/A 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: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

A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:

Ubuntu 4.10 (Warty Warthog)

The following packages are affected:

debmake

The problem can be corrected by upgrading the affected package to version 3.7.4ubuntu0.1. In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes.

Details follow:

Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña noticed that the debstd script from debmake, a deprecated helper package for Debian packaging, created temporary directories in an insecure manner. This could allow a symlink attack to create or overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user invoking the program.

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-49-1

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2008-01-17 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 615-1 (debmake)
File : nvt/deb_615_1.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
12567 Debian debmake debstd Script Insecure Temporary Directory Arbitrary File Over...

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2006-01-15 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-49-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2004-12-23 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-615.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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2014-02-17 12:04:30
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2013-05-11 12:25:57
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