PT-2008-3861 · Opensuse · Opensuse-Updater

Published 2008-06-06 · Updated 2008-09-11 · CVE-2008-2389

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.9

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: opensuse-updater in openSUSE version 10.2

Description: The issue allows local users to access arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

Recommendations: For opensuse-updater in openSUSE version 10.2, consider restricting access to the opensuse-updater until a patch is available.

Fix

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-2389

Affected Products

Opensuse-Updater

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2389 · Security Note
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00001.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/29608 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30581 · Note