opensuse-updater Symbolic Link Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability

BID:29608

Info

opensuse-updater Symbolic Link Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 29608
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2008-2389
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Jun 09 2008 12:00AM
Updated: Jun 09 2008 07:32PM
Credit: The vendor reported this issue.
Vulnerable: SuSE opensuse-updater 0
S.u.S.E. openSUSE 10.2
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

opensuse-updater Symbolic Link Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability

The 'opensuse-updater' program is prone to a local information-disclosure vulnerability.

A local attacker can exploit this issue to obtain sensitive information that may lead to further attacks.

This issue affects opensuse-updater running on openSUSE 10.2.

Exploit / POC

opensuse-updater Symbolic Link Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability

An attacker uses readily available commands to exploit this issue.

Solution / Fix

opensuse-updater Symbolic Link Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Solution:
SUSE has released an advisory (SUSE-SR:2008:012) and fixes for this issue. Please see the referenced advisory for details.

References

opensuse-updater Symbolic Link Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability

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