GLSA-201208-05 : Perl Config-IniFiles Module: Insecure temporary file usage

NASLDB: GLSA-201208-05 : Perl Config-IniFiles Module: Insecure temporary file usage

General

ID: 61544
Name: GLSA-201208-05 : Perl Config-IniFiles Module: Insecure temporary file usage

Summary: Checks for updated package(s) in /var/db/pkg

Credits: –

Classification

Risk: –

CVSS: –
CVSS Base Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
CVSS Temporal Vector: –

Port: 0
Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks
Type: Local

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201208-05
(Perl Config-IniFiles Module: Insecure temporary file usage)

The Perl Config-IniFiles module uses predicatable temporary file names.

Impact :

A local attacker could perform symlink attacks to overwrite arbitrary
files with the privileges of the user running the application.

Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Exploiting

Exploit Available: –
Exploitability Ease: –

Sources

CVE: CVE-2012-2451
OSVDB: –
Bugtraq: –
scipID: –

Timeline

Vulnerability Disclosure: –
Patch Release: 2012/08/14
Plugin Release: 2012/08/15

Plugin

Version: 1.1
Filename: gentoo_GLSA-201208-05.nasl
Filesize: 3213 bytes
MD5 Hash: 563293ee13f79fa63405deea620176c0

Identification: Host/local_checks_enabled
Require Keys: Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list
Dependencies: "ssh_get_info.nasl"

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