mhc-utils Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

BID:6978

Info

mhc-utils Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 6978
Class: Race Condition Error
CVE:
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Feb 28 2003 12:00AM
Updated: Feb 28 2003 12:00AM
Credit: This vulnerability was reported in a Debian advisory.
Vulnerable: mhc-utils mhc-utils 0.25 -snap20010625
+ Debian Linux 3.0 sparc
 + Debian Linux 3.0 s/390
 + Debian Linux 3.0 ppc
 + Debian Linux 3.0 mipsel
 + Debian Linux 3.0 mips
 + Debian Linux 3.0 m68k
 + Debian Linux 3.0 ia-64
 + Debian Linux 3.0 ia-32
 + Debian Linux 3.0 hppa
 + Debian Linux 3.0 arm
 + Debian Linux 3.0 alpha
 + Debian Linux 3.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

mhc-utils Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

A vulnerability has been reported for the adb2mhc utility included with mhc-utils. adb2mhc may create temporary files in an insecure manner. It is likely that this vulnerability may be related to creating temporary files with predictable names.

By anticipating the names used to create temporary files used by adb2mhc, it may be possible for a local attacker to corrupt or modify data as another user.

Exploit / POC

mhc-utils Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

No exploit is required for this vulnerability.

Solution / Fix

mhc-utils Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

Solution:
The following fixes are available:


mhc-utils mhc-utils 0.25 -snap20010625

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