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Re: CVE request: policyd-weight insecure temporary file creation
From: "Steven M. Christey" <coley () linus mitre org>
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:00:16 -0400 (EDT)
Two separate CVEs - one for the original problem, one for the insufficient patch. - Steve ====================================================== Name: CVE-2008-1569 Status: Candidate URL: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1569 Reference: CONFIRM:http://www.policyd-weight.org/ Reference: CONFIRM:https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=214403 Reference: DEBIAN:DSA-1531 Reference: URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1531 Reference: BID:28480 Reference: URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28480 Reference: SECUNIA:29553 Reference: URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/29553 policyd-weight before 0.1.14 beta-16 allows local users to modify or delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files that are used when creating a socket. ====================================================== Name: CVE-2008-1570 Status: Candidate URL: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1570 Reference: CONFIRM:https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=214403 Race condition in the create_lockpath function in policyd-weight 0.1.14 beta-16 allows local users to modify or delete arbitrary files by creating the LOCKPATH directory, then modifying it after the symbolic link check occurs. NOTE: this is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-1569.
Current thread:
- CVE request: policyd-weight insecure temporary file creation Robert Buchholz (Mar 27)
- Re: CVE request: policyd-weight insecure temporary file creation Steven M. Christey (Mar 31)