Executive Summary

Summary
Title New xpvm packages fix insecure temporary file
Informations
Name DSA-1003 First vendor Publication 2006-03-16
Vendor Debian Last vendor Modification 2006-03-16
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

Eric Romang discoverd that xpvm, a graphical console and monitor for PVM, creates a temporary file that allows local attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running xpvm.

For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.5-7.2woody1.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.5-7.3sarge1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.5-8.

We recommend that you upgrade your xpvm package.

Original Source

Url : http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1003

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2008-01-17 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1003-1 (xpvm)
File : nvt/deb_1003_1.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
17894 xpvm xpvm.tcl Symlink Arbitrary File Manipulation

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2006-10-14 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1003.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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