PT-2008-1033 · Unknown · Policyd-Weight

Chris Howells · Published 2008-03-31 · Updated 2017-08-08 · CVE-2008-1569

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 policyd-weight versions 0.1.14 beta-16 and earlier

Description The issue allows local users to modify or delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files used when creating a socket. Multiple vulnerabilities in the policyd-weight package may lead to breaches of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of protected information, potentially exploitable by local attackers.

Recommendations For policyd-weight versions 0.1.14 beta-16 and earlier, consider restricting access to the socket creation process to minimize the risk of exploitation until a patch is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

BDU:2015-02883

CVE-2008-1569

DSA-1531-2

Affected Products

Policyd-Weight

References · 17

• 🔥 https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=214403 · Exploit
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-02883 · Security Note
• http://debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1531 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/28480 · Patch
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1570 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-1569 · Vendor Advisory
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-11.xml · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-1569 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1569 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1569 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29738 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29553 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-1569 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/dsa-1531 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41565 · Note