[ GLSA 200408-11 ] Nessus: "adduser" race condition vulnerability

[GLSA]

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Title: Nessus: "adduser" race condition vulnerability (GLSA 200408-11)
Severity: normal
Exploitable: local
Date: August 12, 2004
Updated: May 22, 2006
Bug(s): #58014
ID: 200408-11

Synopsis

Nessus contains a vulnerability allowing a user to perform a privilege escalation attack.

Background

Nessus is a free and powerful network security scanner.

Affected Packages

Package: net-analyzer/nessus
Vulnerable: <= 2.0.11
Unaffected: >= 2.0.12
Architectures: All supported architectures


Description

A race condition can occur in "nessus-adduser" if the user has not configured their TMPDIR variable.

Impact

A malicious user could exploit this bug to escalate privileges to the rights of the user running "nessus-adduser".

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time. All users are encouraged to upgrade to the latest available version of Nessus.

Resolution

All Nessus users should upgrade to the latest version: