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Red Hat Directory Server Insecure Directory Permissions Advisory Available in German 

Secunia Advisory: SA29350  
Release Date: 2008-03-12

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Privilege escalation
Where: Local system
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:Red Hat Directory Server 7.x

CVE reference:CVE-2008-0890 (Secunia mirror)

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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Red Hat Directory Server, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.

The vulnerability is caused due to insecure permissions being set for the "/opt/redhat-ds/java/jars" directory. This can be exploited by a malicious, local user to replace ".jar" archives and execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability is reported in version 7.1 prior to Service Pack 4.

Solution:
The vendor has fixed the vulnerability in Red Hat Directory Server 7.1 Service Pack 4, which is available via Red Hat Network.
http://rhn.redhat.com/

Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by the vendor.

Original Advisory:
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0173.html



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