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Secunia Advisory SA15497

WEB-DAV Linux File System No Enforcing of UNIX Permissions
Secunia Advisory SA15497
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Release Date 2005-05-26
Last Update 2005-06-02
   
Popularity 7,315 views
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Criticality level Less criticalLess critical
Impact Manipulation of data
Exposure of sensitive information
Where Local system
Authentication level Available in Customer Area
   
Report reliability Available in Customer Area
Solution Status Unpatched
   
Systems affected Available in Customer Area
Approve distribution Available in Customer Area
Remediation status Secunia VIM
   
Software:
WEB-DAV Linux File System (davfs2) 0.x
Secunia CVSS Score Available in Customer Area
CVE Reference(s) CVE-2005-1774 CVSS available in Customer Area
  

Description

Andrew Pimlott has reported a security issue in WEB-DAV Linux File System (davfs2), which can be exploited by malicious, local users to bypass certain security restrictions.

The problem is that a mounted file system fails to support UNIX permissions. This can be exploited to manipulate and disclose then contents of arbitrary files on the file system.


Solution
Mount the file system only on systems with trusted users.

Provided and/or discovered by
Andrew Pimlott

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