Gnome Updater Arbitrary RPM Installation Vulnerability

BID:1593

Info

Gnome Updater Arbitrary RPM Installation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 1593
Class: Origin Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2000-0722
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Aug 20 2000 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 11 2009 02:56AM
Credit: First posted to Bugtraq by Alan Cox <[email protected]> on August 19, 2000.
Vulnerable: Helix Code GNOME Updater 0.5
- Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.1
+ Redhat Linux 6.2 i386
 - SCO eDesktop 2.4
- SuSE Linux 6.4
- SuSE Linux 6.3
- Turbolinux Turbolinux 6.0.4
Helix Code GNOME Updater 0.4
Helix Code GNOME Updater 0.3
Helix Code GNOME Updater 0.2
Helix Code GNOME Updater 0.1
Not Vulnerable: Helix Code GNOME Updater 0.6

Discussion

Gnome Updater Arbitrary RPM Installation Vulnerability

GNOME is a desktop environment for X11 that is shipped with many popular free unix distributions (most commonly linux) created by a company called Helix Code. One of its components, the updater, is used to download new versions of other components and install them automatically. The updater stores temporary package files in an insecure location (/tmp), therefore it is possible for an attacker with local access to overwrite packages before they are installed, replacing them with malicious versions that can lead to elevated priviliges.

Exploit / POC

Gnome Updater Arbitrary RPM Installation Vulnerability

See discussion.

Solution / Fix

Gnome Updater Arbitrary RPM Installation Vulnerability


Helix Code GNOME Updater 0.1

Helix Code GNOME Updater 0.2

Helix Code GNOME Updater 0.3

Helix Code GNOME Updater 0.4

Helix Code GNOME Updater 0.5

References

Gnome Updater Arbitrary RPM Installation Vulnerability

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