Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | New flexbackup packages fix denial of service |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | DSA-1216 | First vendor Publication | 2006-11-20 |
| Vendor | Debian | Last vendor Modification | 2006-11-20 |
| 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:P/I:P/A:P) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 4.6 | Attack Range | Local |
| Cvss Impact Score | 6.4 | Attack Complexity | Low |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 3.9 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| Eric Romang discovered that the flexbackup backup tool creates temporary files in an insecure manner, which allows denial of service through a symlink attack. For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.1-2sarge1 For the upcoming stable distribution (etch) this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.1-3. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 1.2.1-3. We recommend that you upgrade your flexbackup package. |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1216 |
OpenVAS Exploits
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2008-01-17 | Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1216-1 (flexbackup) File : nvt/deb_1216_1.nasl |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| Id | Description |
|---|---|
| 20021 | Flexbackup Multiple Insecure Temporary File Creation |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2006-11-22 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-1216.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
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| 2014-02-17 11:26:21 |
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