policyd-weight sockets symlink
| policydweight-sockets-symlink (41565) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
policyd-weight could allow a local attacker to launch a symlink attack, caused by an error when creating sockets. Temporary files are created with insecure permissions. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability by creating a symbolic link from a temporary file to other files on the system which would allow the attacker to overwrite arbitrary files on the system with elevated privileges.
Platforms Affected:
- Gentoo, Linux
- policyd-weight, policyd-weight prior to 0.1.14 beta-16
Remedy:
Refer to DSA-1531-2 for patch, upgrade or suggested workaround information. See References.
Consequences:
Gain Privileges
References:
- Debian Web site, Debian -- Package Search Results -- policyd-weight at http://packages.debian.org/source/policyd-weight.
- DSA-1531-2, policyd-weight -- insecurity temporary files at http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1531.
- Gentoo Bugzilla Bug 214403, mail-filter/policyd-weight <0.1.14.17 temporary file vulnerability at https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=214403.
- policyd-weight Web page, policyd-weight - A policy daemon for Postfix at http://www.policyd-weight.org/.
- BID-28480: policyd-weight Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability
- CVE-2008-1569: policyd-weight 0.1.14 beta-16 and earlier allows local users to modify or delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files that are used when creating a socket.
- DSA-1531: policyd-weight -- insecurity temporary files
- GLSA-200804-11: policyd-weight: Insecure temporary file creation
Reported:
Mar 27, 2008
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