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Erlangen von Privilegien in nessus
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200408-11 |
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Gentoo |
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Keine Angabe |
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Datum: |
Do, 12. August 2004, 13:00 |
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http://secunia.com/advisories/12127/ |
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Tenable Nessus |
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Severity: Normal Title: Nessus: "adduser" race condition vulnerability Date: August 12, 2004 Bugs: #58014 ID: 200408-11
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Synopsis ========
Nessus contains a vulnerability allowing a user to perform a privilege escalation attack.
Background ==========
Nessus is a free and powerful network security scanner.
Affected packages =================
------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-analyzer/nessus <= 2.0.11 >= 2.0.12
Description ===========
A race condition can occur in "nessus-adduser" if the user has not configured their TMPDIR variable.
Impact ======
A malicious user could exploit this bug to escalate privileges to the rights of the user running "nessus-adduser".
Workaround ==========
There is no known workaround at this time. All users are encouraged to upgrade to the latest available version of Nessus.
Resolution ==========
All Nessus users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge sync
# emerge -pv ">=net-analyzer/nessus-2.0.12" # emerge ">=net-analyzer/nessus-2.0.12"
References ==========
[ 1 ] Secunia Advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/12127/
Availability ============
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200408-11.xml
Concerns? =========
Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at http://bugs.gentoo.org.
License =======
Copyright 2004 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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