Radiance Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID:	30953
Class:	Design Error
CVE:	CVE-2008-4978
Remote:	No
Local:	Yes
Published:	Sep 24 2008 12:00AM
Updated:	May 07 2015 05:24PM
Credit:	Dmitry E. Oboukhov
Vulnerable:	Radiance Radiance 3R9 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:

Radiance Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerabilities

Radiance creates temporary files in an insecure manner.

An attacker with local access could potentially exploit these issues 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.

Radiance 3R9 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

Radiance Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerabilities

An attacker uses readily available commands to exploit these issues.

Radiance Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerabilities

Solution:
Reportedly, Debian fixes are about to be released. Please see the references for more information.

Radiance Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerabilities

References:

• #496423 - The possibility of attack with the help of symlinks in some Debian pac ("Dmitry E. Oboukhov" )
  
• Radiance Homepage (Radiance)