GLSA Bodhisattva
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Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 1:38 pm Post subject: [ GLSA 200504-20 ] openMosixview: Insecure temporary file cr |
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory
Title: openMosixview: Insecure temporary file creation (GLSA 200504-20)
Severity: normal
Exploitable: local
Date: April 21, 2005
Bug(s): #86686
ID: 200504-20
Synopsis
openMosixview and the openMosixcollector daemon are vulnerable to symlink attacks, potentially allowing a local user to overwrite arbitrary files.
Background
The openMosixview package contains several tools used to manage openMosix clusters, including openMosixview (the main monitoring and administration application) and openMosixcollector (a daemon collecting cluster and node information).
Affected Packages
Package: sys-cluster/openmosixview
Vulnerable: < 1.5-r1
Unaffected: >= 1.5-r1
Architectures: All supported architectures
Description
Gangstuck and Psirac from Rexotec discovered that openMosixview insecurely creates several temporary files with predictable filenames.
Impact
A local attacker could create symbolic links in the temporary files directory, pointing to a valid file somewhere on the filesystem. When openMosixView or the openMosixcollector daemon runs, this would result in the file being overwritten with the rights of the user running the utility, which could be the root user.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
All openMosixview users should upgrade to the latest version: Code: | # emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-cluster/openmosixview-1.5-r1" |
References
CAN-2005-0894
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