Vulnerabilities > CVE-2005-3111 - Unspecified vulnerability in Debian Backupninja 0.8
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
PARTIAL Availability impact
NONE Summary
The handler code for backupninja 0.8 and earlier creates temporary files with predictable filenames, which allows local users to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 2 |
Nessus
| NASL family | Debian Local Security Checks |
| NASL id | DEBIAN_DSA-827.NASL |
| description | Moritz Muehlenhoff discovered the handler code for backupninja creates a temporary file with a predictable filename, leaving it vulnerable to a symlink attack. |
| last seen | 2020-06-01 |
| modified | 2020-06-02 |
| plugin id | 19796 |
| published | 2005-10-05 |
| reporter | This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. |
| source | https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/19796 |
| title | Debian DSA-827-1 : backupninja - insecure temporary file |