ApacheTop Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

BID:14982

Info

ApacheTop Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 14982
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2005-2660
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Sep 30 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 12 2009 05:06PM
Credit: Eric Romang ([email protected] - ZATAZ Audit) is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: ApacheTop ApacheTop 0.12.5
+ Debian Linux 3.1 sparc
 + Debian Linux 3.1 s/390
 + Debian Linux 3.1 ppc
 + Debian Linux 3.1 mipsel
 + Debian Linux 3.1 mips
 + Debian Linux 3.1 m68k
 + Debian Linux 3.1 ia-64
 + Debian Linux 3.1 ia-32
 + Debian Linux 3.1 hppa
 + Debian Linux 3.1 arm
 + Debian Linux 3.1 amd64
 + Debian Linux 3.1 alpha
 + Debian Linux 3.1
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

ApacheTop Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

ApacheTop 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

ApacheTop Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

No exploit is required.

Solution / Fix

ApacheTop Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

Solution:
Debian Linux has released security advisory DSA 839-1 addressing this issue. Please see the referenced advisory for more information.

Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.


ApacheTop ApacheTop 0.12.5

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ApacheTop Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

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