policyd-weight Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	28480
Class:	Race Condition Error
CVE:	CVE-2008-1569
Remote:	No
Local:	Yes
Published:	Mar 27 2008 12:00AM
Updated:	Apr 16 2008 12:29AM
Credit:	Chris Howells
Vulnerable:	policyd-weight policyd-weight 0.1.14 beta-14 Gentoo Linux Debian Linux 4.0 sparc Debian Linux 4.0 s/390 Debian Linux 4.0 powerpc Debian Linux 4.0 mipsel Debian Linux 4.0 mips Debian Linux 4.0 m68k Debian Linux 4.0 ia-64 Debian Linux 4.0 ia-32 Debian Linux 4.0 hppa Debian Linux 4.0 arm Debian Linux 4.0 amd64 Debian Linux 4.0 alpha Debian Linux 4.0
Not Vulnerable:	policyd-weight policyd-weight 0.1.14 beta-15

policyd-weight Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

The 'policyd-weight' daemon creates temporary files in an insecure manner.

An attacker with local access could potentially exploit this issue to perform symbolic-link attacks, overwriting arbitrary files in the context of the affected application.

Successfully mounting a symlink attack may allow the attacker to delete or corrupt sensitive files, which may result in a denial of service. Other attacks may also be possible.

policyd-weight Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

An attacker uses readily available commands to exploit this issue.

policyd-weight Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

References:

• policyd-weight Homepage (policyd-weight)