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Nortel Net Direct Client for Linux Privilege Escalation
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA24231
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Release Date:
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2007-02-21
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Last Update:
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2007-03-02
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Popularity:
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5,502 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Privilege escalation
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Nortel Net Direct Client for Linux 6.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2007-1057
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Description:
Jon Hart has reported a vulnerability in Net Direct Client for Linux, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.
The vulnerability is caused by a combination of insecure permissions and a race condition when downloading and executing client binaries. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges when a user uses the VPN client.
The vulnerability is reported in versions 6.0.1 through 6.0.3.
Solution:
Update to version 6.0.5.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Jon Hart, spoofed.org.
Changelog:
2007-03-02: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
Nortel Networks:
http://www130.nortelnetworks.com/go/m...cat=BLTNDETAIL&DocumentOID=540071
Jon Hart:
http://spoofed.org/blog/archive/2007/...nix_client_local_root_compromise.html
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