Sysstat Isag Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

BID:9844

Info

Sysstat Isag Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 9844
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2004-0108
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Mar 10 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 12 2009 03:06AM
Credit: Discovery is credited to Alan Cox.
Vulnerable: Sysstat Sysstat 5.0.1
Sysstat Sysstat 4.1.7
Sysstat Sysstat 4.1.6
Sysstat Sysstat 4.1.5
Sysstat Sysstat 4.1.4
Sysstat Sysstat 4.1.3
Sysstat Sysstat 4.1.2
Sysstat Sysstat 4.1.1
Sysstat Sysstat 4.0.7
+ Redhat Enterprise Linux AS 3
+ Redhat Enterprise Linux ES 3
+ Redhat Enterprise Linux WS 3
+ Redhat Linux 9.0 i386
Sysstat Sysstat 4.0.1
+ 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
+ Redhat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1 IA64
+ Redhat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1
+ Redhat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1 IA64
+ Redhat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1
+ Redhat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1 IA64
+ Redhat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1
SGI ProPack 2.4
SGI ProPack 2.3
Redhat sysstat-4.0.7-3.i386.rpm
+ Redhat Linux 9.0 i386
Not Vulnerable: Sysstat Sysstat 5.0.2

Discussion

Sysstat Isag Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

The Sysstat Isag command is prone to an issue that may allow malicious local users to corrupt system files, most likely resulting in loss of data or a denial of service.

The source of this vulnerability is that the utility creates temporary files in an insecure manner, facilitating creation of malicious symbolic links in the /tmp directory.

Exploit / POC

Sysstat Isag Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

There is no exploit required.

Solution / Fix

Sysstat Isag Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

Solution:
SGI has released an advisory (20040302-01-U) and fixes to address this issue. Please see the attached advisory for further details on applying and obtaining fixes, fixes are linked below.

Debian has released an advisory (DSA 460-1) and fixes to address this issue. Please see the attached advisory for details on applying and obtaining fixes.

Red Hat has released advisory RHSA-2004:093-01 to address this issue.

Red Hat also released advisory RHSA-2004:053-16 for their enterprise distributions. Please see the attached advisory for details on applying and obtaining fixes.

Trustix Secure Linux has released advisory TSLSA-2004-0011 dealing with this issue. Please see the reference section for more information and details on obtaining fixes.

Debian has released advisory DSA 460-2 as an update to their original advisory (DSA 460-1). They have discovered that the original fixes did not completely resolve the issue. It is strongly recommended that users upgrade who are using the latest fixes.

The vendor has released Sysstat 5.0.2 to address the issue.

Gentoo has released advisory GLSA 200404-04 and fixes for this issue. They advise that users upgrade by taking the following steps at the command line:

# emerge sync
# emerge -pv ">=app-admin/sysstat-5.0.2"
# emerge ">=app-admin/sysstat-5.0.2"

Please see the referenced Gentoo advisory for more information.

SUSE has released an advisory SuSE-SA:2004:009 to address this and other issues. Please see the advisory for more information.


Redhat sysstat-4.0.7-3.i386.rpm

SGI ProPack 2.3

SGI ProPack 2.4

Sysstat Sysstat 4.0.1

Sysstat Sysstat 4.0.7

Sysstat Sysstat 4.1.1

Sysstat Sysstat 4.1.2

Sysstat Sysstat 4.1.3

Sysstat Sysstat 4.1.4

Sysstat Sysstat 4.1.5

Sysstat Sysstat 4.1.6

Sysstat Sysstat 4.1.7

Sysstat Sysstat 5.0.1

References

Sysstat Isag Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

References:
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