SuSE YaST SuSEconfig.gnome-filesystem Local Insecure File Creation Symlink Vulnerability

BID:9411

Info

SuSE YaST SuSEconfig.gnome-filesystem Local Insecure File Creation Symlink Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 9411
Class: Origin Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2004-0064
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Jan 13 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Jan 13 2004 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery of this vulnerability has been credited to l0om <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: S.u.S.E. SuSEconfig.gnome-filesystem
+ S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

SuSE YaST SuSEconfig.gnome-filesystem Local Insecure File Creation Symlink Vulnerability

SuSEconfig.gnome-filesystem has been reported prone to an insecure file creation vulnerability that may be exploited to corrupt arbitrary files. The issue has been reported to present itself because the SuSEconfig.gnome-filesystem script will follow symbolic links when writing certain specific files.

SuSE Linux 9.0 has been reported to be prone to this issue, however, other versions could be affected as well.

Exploit / POC

SuSE YaST SuSEconfig.gnome-filesystem Local Insecure File Creation Symlink Vulnerability

The following proof of concept exploit has been supplied:

Solution / Fix

SuSE YaST SuSEconfig.gnome-filesystem Local Insecure File Creation Symlink Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has reported that this issue has been fixed in SuSE 9.0 stable.

References

SuSE YaST SuSEconfig.gnome-filesystem Local Insecure File Creation Symlink Vulnerability

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