PT-2007-2838 · Netperf · Netperf

Published 2007-03-14 · Updated 2011-03-08 · CVE-2007-1444

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.4

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions netperf version 2.4.3

Description The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/netperf.debug.

Recommendations For netperf version 2.4.3, consider restricting access to the /tmp/netperf.debug file to prevent symlink attacks until a patch is available.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2007-1444

Affected Products

Netperf

References · 9

• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-1444 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2007-1444 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-1444 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24464 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2007-1444 · Vendor Advisory
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=413658 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/33975 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/22925 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0912 · Note