PT-2008-1040 · Wine · Xwine

Published 2008-03-04 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-2008-0931

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions XWine version 1.0.1

Description The issue concerns a problem with file permissions. Specifically, w export.c in XWine sets insecure permissions (0666) for the /etc/wine/config file. This could potentially allow local users to execute arbitrary commands or cause a denial of service by modifying the file. Additionally, there are multiple vulnerabilities in the XWine package on Debian GNU/Linux that could lead to breaches of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of protected information, exploitable by a local attacker.

Recommendations For XWine version 1.0.1, consider changing the permissions of the /etc/wine/config file to prevent unauthorized access until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, restrict access to the /etc/wine/config file to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

BDU:2015-04061

CVE-2008-0931

DSA-1526-1

Affected Products

Xwine

References · 10

• http://debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1526 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0931 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29125 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0931 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-04061 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0930 · Security Note
• http://debian.org/security/dsa-1526 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/28369 · Note
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=468050 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29452 · Note