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Gentoo webapp-config Insecure Temporary File Creation
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA15445
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Release Date:
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2005-05-23
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Last Update:
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2005-06-20
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Popularity:
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6,542 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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| OS: | Gentoo Linux 1.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2005-1707
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Description:
Eric Romang has reported a vulnerability in webapp-config, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain actions with escalated privileges.
The vulnerability is caused due to temporary files being created insecurely in "fn_show_postinst()". This can be exploited via symlink attacks to create or overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running the webapp-config tool.
Solution:
Update to "net-www/webapp-config-1.11" or later.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Eric Romang
Changelog:
2005-05-26: Added CVE reference.
2005-06-20: Vendor released an updated package. Added Gentoo advisory.
Original Advisory:
Eric Romang:
http://www.zataz.net/adviso/webapp-config-05182005.txt
Gentoo:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200506-13.xml
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