PT-2005-2836 · Lutelwall · Lutelwall

Eric Romang · Published 2005-06-07 · Updated 2024-01-26 · CVE-2005-1879

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 LutelWall versions 0.97 and earlier

Description The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file created by a system call to wget. This is a result of a symlink attack vulnerability.

Recommendations For LutelWall versions 0.97 and earlier, as a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the system call that utilizes wget until a patch is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-1879

Affected Products

Lutelwall

References · 10

• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200506-10.xml · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-1879 · Security Note
• http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-June/034424.html · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/68871 · Telegram Post
• http://firewall.lutel.pl/download/0.98/ChangeLog · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/15647 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/13863 · Note
• http://zataz.net/adviso/lutelwall-05222005.txt · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1014112 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/15665 · Note