Executive Summary

Summary
Title New mhc-utils packages fix predictable temporary file
Informations
Name DSA-256 First vendor Publication 2003-02-28
Vendor Debian Last vendor Modification 2003-02-28
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:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Cvss Base Score 1.2 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity High
Cvss Expoit Score 1.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

It has been discovered that adb2mhc from the mhc-utils package. The default temporary directory uses a predictable name. This adds a vulnerability that allows a local attacker to overwrite arbitrary files the users has write permissions for.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.25+20010625-7.1.

For the old stable distribution (potato) does not contain mhc packages.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 0.25+20030224-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your mhc-utils packages.

Original Source

Url : http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-256

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2008-01-17 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 256-1 (mhc)
File : nvt/deb_256_1.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
12497 mhc-utils adb2mhc Symlink Arbitrary File Overwrite

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2004-09-29 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-256.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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