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Borland Interbase local root vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA7162
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Release Date:
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2002-09-26
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Popularity:
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3,156 views
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Critical:
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Moderately 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: | Borland Interbase 6.x
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Description:
Interbase gds_lock_mgr binary fails to verify symlinks, this can be abused to execute arbitrary code as root, because gds_lock_mgr is suid.
Solution:
The easy solution is to remove the suid bit, this however may impact the functionality of your system.
We have not been able to test this vulnerability, but another possible workaround could be to change the permissions on:
/tmp/isc_init1.
If you try this, please test your system thoroughly.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Wouter ter Maat (grazer)
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