8167 : Nessus nessus-adduser Race Condition
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5 months ago

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Disclosure

Jul 22, 2004

Discovery

Unknown

Dates

Exploit

Jul 22, 2004

Solution

Unknown

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
Exploit: Exploit Available
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

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

Nessus

2.0.11

References

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

Credit

Cyrille Barthelemy - cb-publicboxifrance.com - Epita SRS

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