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64 lines
1.8 KiB
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
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<glsa id="200408-11">
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<title>Nessus: "adduser" race condition vulnerability</title>
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<synopsis>
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Nessus contains a vulnerability allowing a user to perform a privilege
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escalation attack.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">Nessus</product>
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<announced>August 12, 2004</announced>
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<revised>May 22, 2006: 02</revised>
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<bug>58014</bug>
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<access>local</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="net-analyzer/nessus" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">2.0.12</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="le">2.0.11</vulnerable>
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</package>
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</affected>
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<background>
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<p>
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Nessus is a free and powerful network security scanner.
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</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>
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A race condition can occur in "nessus-adduser" if the user has not
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configured their TMPDIR variable.
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</p>
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</description>
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<impact type="normal">
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<p>
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A malicious user could exploit this bug to escalate privileges to the
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rights of the user running "nessus-adduser".
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</p>
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</impact>
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<workaround>
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<p>
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There is no known workaround at this time. All users are encouraged to
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upgrade to the latest available version of Nessus.
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</p>
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</workaround>
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<resolution>
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<p>
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All Nessus users should upgrade to the latest version:
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</p>
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<code>
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# emerge sync
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# emerge -pv ">=net-analyzer/nessus-2.0.12"
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# emerge ">=net-analyzer/nessus-2.0.12"</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="http://secunia.com/advisories/12127/">Secunia Advisory</uri>
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<uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-1445">CVE-2004-1445</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="requester">
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koon
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter">
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jaervosz
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</metadata>
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</glsa>
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