CVE-2008-3356

Summary

CVECVE-2008-3356
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-08-05 19:41:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-11 20:48:00 UTC
Descriptionverifydb in Ingres 2.6, Ingres 2006 release 1 (aka 9.0.4), and Ingres 2006 release 2 (aka 9.1.0) on Linux and other Unix platforms sets the ownership or permissions of an iivdb.log file without verifying that it is the application's own log file, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files by creating a symlink with an iivdb.log filename.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-264

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Ingres Ingres 2.6 All All All
Application Ingres Ingres 2006 9.0.1 All All
Application Ingres Ingres 2006 9.0.4 All All
Application Ingres Ingres 2006 release_1 All All
Application Ingres Ingres 2006 release_2 All All
Application Ingres Ingres 2.6 All All All
Application Ingres Ingres 2006 9.0.1 All All
Application Ingres Ingres 2006 9.0.4 All All
Application Ingres Ingres 2006 release_1 All All
Application Ingres Ingres 2006 release_2 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Ingres Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
20080801 Ingres Database for Linux verifydb Insecure File Permissions Modification Vulnerability IDEFENSE labs.idefense.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
Support & Services | Security Alert 08.01.08 - Ingres CONFIRM www.ingres.com
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
404 Not Found CONFIRM support.ca.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Ingres Database Multiple Local Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
Ingres Database 'verifydb' Utility Lets Local Users Modify Files - SecurityTracker SECTRACK securitytracker.com
CA Products Ingres Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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