impose+ Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	30906
Class:	Design Error
CVE:	CVE-2008-4960
Remote:	No
Local:	Yes
Published:	Aug 24 2008 12:00AM
Updated:	May 07 2015 05:24PM
Credit:	Dmitry E. Oboukhov
Vulnerable:	impose+ impose+ 0.2
Not Vulnerable:

impose+ Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

The 'impose+' software 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.

This issue affects impose+ 0.2; other versions may also be affected.

impose+ Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

An attacker uses readily available commands to exploit this issue.

impose+ Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

impose+ Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

References:

• #496435 - The possibility of attack with the help of symlinks in some Debian pac (Debian)
  
• impose+ Homepage (impose+)