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Nessus "adduser" Race Condition Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA12127
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Release Date:
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2004-07-22
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Last Update:
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2005-02-15
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Popularity:
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12,535 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Privilege escalation
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Nessus 2.x
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| Advisory Content (Page 1 of 3) | [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] | |
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Description:
Cyrille Barthelemy has reported a vulnerability in Nessus, potentially allowing malicious users to escalate their privileges.
The problem is caused by a race condition in "nessus-adduser" if the user hasn't specified the environment variable "TMPDIR".
This has been reported to affect version 2.0.11. Prior versions may also be affected.
Change Page:
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