Sysreport race condition
| sysreport-race-condition (21770) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Sysreport creates insecure temporary files and thus is vulnerable to a race condition. A local attacker could use this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information.
Platforms Affected:
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 2.1 WS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 2.1 AW
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 2.1 AS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 2.1 ES
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 3 AS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 3 Desktop
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 3 WS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 3 ES
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 ES
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 AS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 WS
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 4 Desktop
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux AS
- RedHat, Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 Itanium
- RedHat, sysreport
Remedy:
For Red Hat Linux:
Upgrade to the latest sysreport package, as listed below. Refer to RHSA-2005:598-04 for more information. See References.
Red Hat Desktop 4: 1.3.15-5 or later
Red Hat Desktop 3: 1.3.7.2-9 or later
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS, ES, and WS (v. 2.1) and Advanced Workstation: 1.3.7.0-7 or later
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS, ES, and WS 3: 1.3.7.2-9 or later
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS, ES, and WS 4: 1.3.15-5 or later
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- Sysreport Web page, Sysreport at http://www.ibiblio.org/shadow/sysreport/.
- BID-15379: Redhat Sysreport Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability
- CVE-2005-2104: sysreport before 1.3.7 allows local users to obtain sensitive information via a symlink attack on a temporary directory.
- RHSA-2005-598: sysreport security update
- SECTRACK ID: 1014653: Red Hat Sysreport Temporary File Race Condition May Disclose System Information to Local Users
Reported:
Aug 09, 2005
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