crip editcomment and editfilenames symlink attack
| crip-symlink (21223) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
crip creates insecure temporary files. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability by creating a symbolic link which, once the link is clicked, would allow the attacker to create or overwrite arbitrary files on the system with the privileges of the targeted user running editcomment or editfilenames.
Consequences:
File Manipulation
Remedy:
For Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge):
Upgrade to the latest version of crip (3.5-1sarge2 or later), as listed in DSA-733-1. See References.
For other distributions:
Contact your vendor for upgrade or patch information.
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Thu Jun 30 2005 - 03:44:09 CDT: New crip packages fix insecure temporary files.
- crip Web page: Charlton's RIP, encode, and tag script for making music files under Linux/UNIX.
- DSA 733-1: crip -- insecure temporary files.
- BID-14105: Crip Helper Script Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability
- CVE-2005-0393: The helper scripts for crip 3.5 do not properly use temporary files, which allows local users to have an unknown impact with unknown attack vectors.
- DSA-733: crip -- insecure temporary files
Platforms Affected:
- crip crip 3.x
- Debian Debian Linux 3.1
Reported:
Jun 30, 2005
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