PT-2006-5049 · Globus · Globus Toolkit

Published 2006-08-18 · Updated 2017-07-20 · CVE-2006-4233

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

3.6

Low

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Globus Toolkit versions 3.2.x through 4.1.0

Description The issue allows local users to obtain sensitive information, such as proxy certificates, and overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files in the /tmp directory. This can be demonstrated by files created by functions like myproxy-admin-adduser, grid-ca-sign, and grid-security-config.

Recommendations For Globus Toolkit versions 3.2.x through 4.1.0, update to a version released after 20060815 to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-4233

Affected Products

Globus Toolkit

References · 6

• 🔥 http://secunia.com/advisories/21516 · Exploit
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/19549 · Patch
• http://globus.org/mail_archive/security-announce/2006/08/msg00001.html · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-4233 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28410 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3290 · Note