Acme Thttpd Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

BID:15320

Info

Acme Thttpd Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 15320
Class: Access Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Nov 04 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Nov 04 2005 12:00AM
Credit: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: 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
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
Acme thttpd 2.23 b1
+ S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.0
+ S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 8.2
+ SuSE Linux 8.1
Acme thttpd 2.21 b
+ 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
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Acme Thttpd Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

thttpd creates temporary files in an insecure manner.

An attacker with local access could potentially exploit this issue to overwrite files in the context of the Web server process.

Exploitation would most likely result in loss of data or a denial of service if critical files are overwritten in the attack. Other attacks may be possible as well.

Exploit / POC

Acme Thttpd Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

An exploit is not required.

Solution / Fix

Acme Thttpd Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

Solution:
Debian has released security advisory DSA-883-1 to address this issue; please see the referenced advisory for further details.

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]>.

References

Acme Thttpd Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

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