PT-2008-6115 · Arb · Arb-Common

Published 2008-11-05 · Updated 2017-08-08 · CVE-2008-4941

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 arb-common version 0.0.20071207.1

Description The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files, related to the arb fastdnaml and dszmconnect.pl scripts. Specifically, the attack can target the following files: /tmp/arb fdnaml *, /tmp/arb pids *, /tmp/arbdsmz.html, and /tmp/arbdsmz.htm.

Recommendations For arb-common version 0.0.20071207.1, consider restricting access to the temporary files /tmp/arb fdnaml *, /tmp/arb pids *, /tmp/arbdsmz.html, and /tmp/arbdsmz.htm to prevent a symlink attack. Additionally, as a temporary workaround, consider disabling the arb fastdnaml and dszmconnect.pl scripts until a patch is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Exploit

Fix

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-4941

Affected Products

Arb-Common

References · 11

• 🔥 http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/arb-common · Exploit
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4941 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4941 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4941 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-4941 · Vendor Advisory
• http://bugs.debian.org/496396 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/30895 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44844 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2 · Note
• http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt · Note
• https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770 · Note