SAP DB RPM Install World Writable Binary Vulnerability

BID:7242

Info

SAP DB RPM Install World Writable Binary Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 7242
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2003-1034
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Mar 31 2003 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 11 2009 09:06PM
Credit: Discovery is credited to KF <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: SAP DB 7.4
SAP DB 7.3 .00
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

SAP DB RPM Install World Writable Binary Vulnerability

If SA PDB is installed from RPM's, two binaries are left with insecure permissions. The lserver and dbmsrv binaries will both be world writable after performing the RPM installation.

It is important to note that this issue only affects SAPDB installations from RPM's. This issue does not exist when SAPDB is installed from tgz packages.

Exploit / POC

SAP DB RPM Install World Writable Binary Vulnerability

There is no exploit code necessary.

Solution / Fix

SAP DB RPM Install World Writable Binary Vulnerability

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

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