PT-2007-6430 · Gnu · Tramp

Published 2007-10-12 · Updated 2011-03-08 · CVE-2007-5377

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.9

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Tramp versions 2.1.10 and possibly earlier 2.1.x versions

Description: The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files created by the tramp-make-temp-file and tramp-make-tramp-temp-file functions.

Recommendations: For Tramp versions 2.1.10 and possibly earlier 2.1.x versions, consider disabling the tramp-make-temp-file and tramp-make-tramp-temp-file functions until a patch is available to prevent local users from overwriting arbitrary files.

Fix

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2007-5377

Affected Products

Tramp

References · 9

• http://gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-22.xml · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5377 · Security Note
• http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2007-10/msg00132.html · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/27244 · Note
• http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=194713 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/41752 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/26072 · Note
• http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2007-10/msg00158.html · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/27343 · Note