mindi Temporary File Creation Vulnerabilities

BID:8332

Info

mindi Temporary File Creation Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID: 8332
Class: Access Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2003-0617
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Aug 02 2003 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 11 2009 10:56PM
Credit: Announced by Debian.
Vulnerable: Hugo Rabson Mindi 0.58 r5
+ 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

mindi Temporary File Creation Vulnerabilities

Debian has reported that Mindi is affected by several temporary file creation vulnerabilities that could allow for corruption of local files and, possibly, elevation of privileges. Throughout it's operation, mindi creates numerous files in /tmp with predictable filenames. Because /tmp is world-writeable, symbolic link attacks are possible.

Exploit / POC

mindi Temporary File Creation Vulnerabilities

Currently we are not aware of any exploits 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]>.

Solution / Fix

mindi Temporary File Creation Vulnerabilities

Solution:
Debian has issued fixes. See advisory DSA-362-1 in the references section.

Gentoo Linux has released a security advisory (200309-05) to address this issue. Users who are affected by this issue are advised to do the following:

emerge sync
emerge mindi
emerge clean


Hugo Rabson Mindi 0.58 r5

References

mindi Temporary File Creation Vulnerabilities

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