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gwcc insecure temporary file creation
From: ZATAZ Audits <exploits () zataz net>
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 15:48:14 +0200
######################################################### gwcc insecure temporary file creation Vendor: http://gwcc.sourceforge.net/ Advisory: http://www.zataz.net/adviso/gwcc-09052005.txt Vendor informed: yes Exploit available: yes Impact : low Exploitation : low ######################################################### The vulnerability is caused due to temporary file being created insecurely.This can be exploited via symlink attacks to create and overwrite arbitrary files
with the privileges of the user running the affected script. Secunia report that this bug was discovered by D1g1t4lLeech the 2005-09-16. ZATAZ Audit has discovered this bug the 2005-09-02 So I think that D1g1t4lLeech is a true leecher ;) ########## Versions: ########## gwcc <= 0.9.6-r2 ########## Solution: ########## To prevent symlink attack use kernel patch such as grsecurity Gentoo Patch : http://bugs.gentoo.org/attachment.cgi?id=67477 ######### Timeline: ######### Discovered : 2005-09-02 Vendor notified : 2005-09-05 Vendor response : no reponse Vendor fix : no patch Vendor Sec report (vendor-sec () lst de) : 2005-09-13 Disclosure : 2005-09-16 ##################### Technical details : ##################### Vulnerable code : ----------------- Take a look at : src/callbacks.c 1702 // Pipe print command and voila!, the doc is printed. 1703 strcat(print_command, " /tmp/gwcc_out.txt"); And also into : src/utils.c 94 else if (strcmp(operation, "temp") == 0) { 95 strcat(file_name, "/tmp/gwcc_out.txt"); ######### Related : ######### Bug report : http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=104566 CVE : NONE ##################### Credits : ##################### Eric Romang (eromang () zataz net - ZATAZ Audit) - Gentoo Security Scout Thxs to Gentoo Security Team.
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