Description
openvas-scanner before 2011-09-11 creates a temporary file insecurely when generating OVAL system characteristics document with the ovaldi integrated tool enabled. A local attacker could use this flaw to conduct symlink attacks to overwrite arbitrary files on the system.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| openvas-scanner | openvas-scanner | through 2011-09-11 | — |