8167 : Nessus nessus-adduser Race Condition
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2004-07-22

Description

Nessus contains a flaw that may allow a malicious user to gain access to unauthorized privileges. The issue is triggered by a race condition when users do not configure their TMPDIR variable. This flaw may lead to a loss of Integrity.

Classification

Location: Local Access Required
Attack Type: Race Condition
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Upgrade
Exploit: Exploit Public
Disclosure: Vendor Verified
OSVDB: Security Software

Solution

Upgrade to version 2.0.12 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Nessus

2.0.11

References

Secunia Advisory ID: 12127 12288
ISS X-Force ID: 16768
CVE ID: 2004-1445 (see also: NVD)
SCIP VulDB ID: 769
Other Advisory URL: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200408-11.xml
Vendor URL: http://www.nessus.org/
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://www.nessus.org/nessus_2_0.html

Credit

Cyrille Barthelemy - cb-publicboxifrance.com - Epita SRS

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 3.7
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2005-06-27 | Disagree?

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