Linux imwheel symlink attack
| linux-imwheel-symlink (4941) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
The imwheel package in Red Hat Powertools follows symbolic links without any file checking. An attacker could create symbolic links to gain access to the contents of files.
Consequences:
File Manipulation
Remedy:
Red Hat recommends that multiuser computers delete imwheel, because imwheel core functionality has been incorporated into many existing applications, and removing imwheel will not incur a significant loss of functionality.
Remove imwheel using the following command:
rpm -e imwheel
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Wed May 31 2000 - 12:31:50 CDT: Re: strike#2.
- RHSA-2000:016-03: Multiple local imwheel vulnerabilities.
- CVE-2000-1190: imwheel-solo in imwheel package allows local users to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack from the .imwheelrc file.
Platforms Affected:
- RedHat Linux 6.0
- RedHat Linux Powertools 6.1
- RedHat Linux Powertools 6.2
Reported:
Apr 20, 2000
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