CVE-2004-0233 : Detail

CVE-2004-0233

0.21%V4
Local
2004-05-05
02h00 +00:00
2017-10-09
22h57 +00:00
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CVE Descriptions

Utempter allows device names that contain .. (dot dot) directory traversal sequences, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on device names in combination with an application that trusts the utmp or wtmp files.

CVE Informations

Metrics

Metrics Score Severity CVSS Vector Source
V2 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N nvd@nist.gov

EPSS

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EPSS Score

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EPSS First.org

Exploit information

Exploit Database EDB-ID : 24027

Publication date : 2004-04-18 22h00 +00:00
Author : Steve Grubb
EDB Verified : Yes

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10178/info It has been reported that utempter is affected by multiple local vulnerabilities. The first issue is due to an input validation error that causes the application to exit improperly; facilitating symbolic link attacks. The second issue is due to a failure of the application to properly validate buffer boundaries. The first issue results in a symbolic link vulnerability. Since utempter runs with root privileges, this issue could be leveraged to corrupt arbitrary, attacker-specified system files. The second problem presents itself when utempter processes certain strings. These errors may cause the affected process to crash. It has been conjectured that this may be leveraged to execute arbitrary code on the affected system, however this is currently unverified. An attacker would create the following symbolic link that references an arbitrary system file: /tmp/tty0 The attacker would then provide the following device descriptor string to the application: /dev/../tmp/tty0

Products Mentioned

Configuraton 0

Sgi>>Propack >> Version 2.4

Sgi>>Propack >> Version 3.0

Utempter>>Utempter >> Version 0.5.2

    Utempter>>Utempter >> Version 0.5.3

      Configuraton 0

      Slackware>>Slackware_linux >> Version *

      Slackware>>Slackware_linux >> Version 9.1

      References

      http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:031
      Tags : vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MANDRAKE
      http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-174.html
      Tags : vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
      http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200405-05.xml
      Tags : vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO
      http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10178
      Tags : vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
      http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-175.html
      Tags : vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
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