PT-2004-1912 · Net-Acct · Net-Acct

Stefan Nordhausen · Published 2004-09-08 · Updated 2017-07-11 · CVE-2004-0851

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.1

Low

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Net-Acct versions prior to 0.71

Description: The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files, specifically through the write list and dump curr list functions.

Recommendations: For versions prior to 0.71, update to version 0.71 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the write list and dump curr list functions until a patch is available.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2004-0851

DSA-559-1

Affected Products

Net-Acct

References · 10

• http://debian.org/security/2004/dsa-559 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2004-0851 · Vendor Advisory
• http://exorsus.net/projects/net-acct/net-acct-notempfiles.patch · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-0851 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2004-0851 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2004-0851 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/12476 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/11125 · Vendor Advisory
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109466910232385&w=2 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17283 · Note