Citadel/UX Insecure File Permissions Vulnerability

BID:10102

Info

Citadel/UX Insecure File Permissions Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 10102
Class: Configuration Error
CVE:
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Apr 12 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Apr 12 2004 12:00AM
Credit: The vendor announced this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: Citadel/UX Citadel/UX 5.91
Citadel/UX Citadel/UX 5.90
Not Vulnerable: Citadel/UX Citadel/UX 6.0 8
Citadel/UX Citadel/UX 6.0 7

Discussion

Citadel/UX Insecure File Permissions Vulnerability

Citadel/UX has been reported prone to a weak file permissions vulnerability. The issue is reported to present itself because Citadel/UX sets insecure permissions on the "data" directory and files contained within, during installation.

As a direct result of this, any user who has interactive shell access to a system may disclose potentially sensitive data that is contained in the Citadel/UX database and data files.

Exploit / POC

Citadel/UX Insecure File Permissions Vulnerability

There is no exploit required.

Solution / Fix

Citadel/UX Insecure File Permissions Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released an update to address this issue:


Citadel/UX Citadel/UX 5.90

Citadel/UX Citadel/UX 5.91

References

Citadel/UX Insecure File Permissions Vulnerability

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