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GSAMBAD "populate_conns()" Insecure Temporary Files
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA25909
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Release Date:
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2007-07-02
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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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Unpatched
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| Software: | GSAMBAD 0.x
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| | CVE reference: | CVE-2007-2838 (Secunia mirror)
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This advisory is currently marked as unpatched!
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Description:
Steve Kemp has reported a security issue in GSAMBAD, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain actions with escalated privileges.
The security issue is caused due to the "populate_conns()" function in src/populate_conns.c creating temporary files in an insecure manner. This can be exploited via symlink attacks to overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running the application (usually root).
Solution:
Restrict access to trusted users only.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Steve Kemp, Debian Security Audit project
Original Advisory:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-securi...-security-announce-2007/msg00088.html
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