Vulnerabilities > CVE-2006-0050 - Unspecified vulnerability in Debian Linux 3.0/3.1

047910
CVSS 1.2 - LOW
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
HIGH
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
NONE
local
high complexity
debian
nessus
NVD
Published: 2006-03-23
Updated: 2017-07-20

Summary

snmptrapfmt in Debian 3.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary log file.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Debian
25

Nessus

NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
NASL idDEBIAN_DSA-1013.NASL
descriptionWill Aoki discovered that snmptrapfmt, a configurable snmp trap handler daemon for snmpd, does not prevent overwriting existing files when writing to a temporary log file.
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id22555
published2006-10-14
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2006-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/22555
titleDebian DSA-1013-1 : snmptrapfmt - insecure temporary file

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