PT-2004-1141 · Metrics · Metrics

Published 2004-03-16 · Updated 2017-07-11 · CVE-2003-0202

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.6

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions metrics version 1.0

Description The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files created by the halstead and gather stats scripts.

Recommendations For metrics version 1.0, consider restricting access to the halstead and gather stats scripts until a fix is available, or apply configuration changes to prevent the creation of temporary files that can be exploited by a symlink attack.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2003-0202

Affected Products

Metrics

References · 4

• http://securityfocus.com/bid/7293 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2003/dsa-279 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-0202 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11734 · Note