Red Hat lspp-eal4-config-ibm and capp-lspp-eal4-config-hp packages insecure permissions

redhat-lsppeal4config-insecure-permissions (41584) The risk level is classified as MediumMedium Risk

Description:

Red Hat could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges, caused by insecure permissions assigned to the lspp-eal4-config-ibm and capp-lspp-eal4-config-hp packages. The "/etc/pam.d/system-auth" file is configured with world-writable permissions. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated privileges on the system.

Platforms Affected:

  • RedHat, Enterprise Linux 5

Remedy:

Apply the appropriate update for your system.

Consequences:

Gain Privileges

References:

  • BID-28557: Red Hat 'capp-lspp-config' Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
  • CVE-2008-0884: The Replace function in the capp-lspp-config script in the (1) lspp-eal4-config-ibm and (2) capp-lspp-eal4-config-hp packages before 0.65-2 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 uses lstat instead of stat to determine the /etc/pam.d/system-auth file permissions, leading to a change to world-writable permissions for the /etc/pam.d/system-auth-ac file, which allows local users to gain privileges by modifying this file.
  • RHSA-2008-0193: lspp-eal4-config-ibm and capp-lspp-eal4-config-hp security update
  • SA29642: Red Hat lspp-eal4-config-ibm / capp-lspp-eal4-config-hp Privilege Escalation
  • SECTRACK ID: 1019740: Red Hat lspp-eal4-config-ibm and capp-lspp-eal4-config-hp Labeled Security Protection Profile Scripts Let Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges

Reported:

Apr 01, 2008

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