BackupNinja Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

BID:14978

Info

BackupNinja Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 14978
Class: Access Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Sep 30 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Sep 30 2005 12:00AM
Credit: The vendor has announced this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: Debian backupninja 0.5.2
Not Vulnerable: Debian backupninja 0.5.3

Discussion

BackupNinja Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

backupninja creates temporary files in an insecure manner. This may allow a local attacker to perform symbolic link attacks.

Successful exploitation may result in sensitive data or configuration files being overwritten. This may result in a denial of service; other attacks may also be possible.

Exploit / POC

BackupNinja Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

No exploit is required.

Solution / Fix

BackupNinja Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released version 0.5-3 to address this issue; please see the referenced advisory for further details.


Debian backupninja 0.5.2

References

BackupNinja Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

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