Red Hat sblim RPATH privilege esclation
| redhat-sblim-privilege-escalation (43315) |  High Risk |
Description:
An untrusted search path vulnerability related to an incorrect RPAH setting in the Red Hat sblim package could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system. By forcing a binary to load a malformed shared library, a local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system with elevated privileges.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 4.4 |
| Access Vector: | Local |
| Access Complexity: | Medium |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
| Temporal Score: | 3.3 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Gain Privileges
Remedy:
Apply the appropriate update for your system. See References.
References:
- ASA-2008-284: sblim security update (RHSA-2008-0497)
- BID-29913: Red Hat SBLIM Insecure Library Path Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
- CVE-2008-1951: Untrusted search path vulnerability in a certain Red Hat build script for Standards Based Linux Instrumentation for Manageability (sblim) libraries before 1-13a.el4_6.1 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4, and before 1-31.el5_2.1 in RHEL 5, allows local users to gain privileges via a malicious library in a certain subdirectory of /var/tmp, related to an incorrect RPATH setting, as demonstrated by a malicious libc.so library for tog-pegasus.
- RHSA-2008-0497: Important: sblim security update
- SA30803: Red Hat sblim Insecure RPATH Privilege Escalation
- SECTRACK ID: 1020354: SBLIM RPATH Configuration Error on Red Hat Lets Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges
Platforms Affected:
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 AS
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 WS
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 ES
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 4 Desktop
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 5
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 5 Client
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 5 Client Workstation
Reported:
Jun 24, 2008
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