PT-2008-5678 · Feta · Feta

Robert Buchholz · Published 2008-10-03 · Updated 2008-11-11 · CVE-2008-4440

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: feta version 1.4.16

Description: The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink on the (1) /tmp/feta.install.$USER and (2) /tmp/feta.avail.$USER temporary files. This is related to the to-upgrade plugin in the affected software.

Recommendations: For feta version 1.4.16, consider restricting access to the to-upgrade plugin until a fix is available, or apply configuration changes to prevent the creation of symlinks on the temporary files /tmp/feta.install.$USER and /tmp/feta.avail.$USER.

Fix

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-4440

DSA-1643-1

Affected Products

Feta

References · 8

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4440 · Security Note
• http://debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1643 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32155 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2 · Note
• https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/30899 · Note
• http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/feta · Note
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496397 · Note