Debian Liantian Insecure Temporary File Vulnerability

BID:12202

Info

Debian Liantian Insecure Temporary File Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 12202
Class: Access Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2004-1000
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Jan 10 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 12 2009 09:27AM
Credit: Discovery is credited to Jeroen van Wolffelaar.
Vulnerable: Debian lintian 1.2 0.17.1
+ Debian Linux 3.0 sparc
+ Debian Linux 3.0 s/390
+ Debian Linux 3.0 ppc
+ Debian Linux 3.0 mipsel
+ Debian Linux 3.0 mips
+ Debian Linux 3.0 m68k
+ Debian Linux 3.0 ia-64
+ Debian Linux 3.0 ia-32
+ Debian Linux 3.0 hppa
+ Debian Linux 3.0 arm
+ Debian Linux 3.0 alpha
+ Debian Linux 3.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Debian Liantian Insecure Temporary File Vulnerability

The Debian lintian program creates temporary files in an insecure manner. A local attacker could exploit this condition to launch symbolic link attacks to cause arbitrary files to be deleted in the context of the user running the program.

Exploit / POC

Debian Liantian Insecure Temporary File Vulnerability

There is no exploit required.

Solution / Fix

Debian Liantian Insecure Temporary File Vulnerability

Solution:
Debian has released advisory DSA 630-1 to provide updates that address this issue.


Debian lintian 1.2 0.17.1

References

Debian Liantian Insecure Temporary File Vulnerability

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