PT-2008-6125 · Dtc · Dtc

Robert Buchholz · Published 2008-11-05 · Updated 2017-08-08 · CVE-2008-4951

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 dtc version 0.29.6

Description The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files, specifically /tmp/awstats.log, /tmp/spam.log, and /tmp/spam err.log, related to the accesslog.php and sa-wrapper scripts.

Recommendations For dtc version 0.29.6, consider restricting access to the temporary files /tmp/awstats.log, /tmp/spam.log, and /tmp/spam err.log to prevent a symlink attack. Additionally, limiting the execution of the accesslog.php and sa-wrapper scripts can help minimize the risk of exploitation. 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-2008-4951

Affected Products

Dtc

References · 7

• 🔥 https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235812 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4951 · Security Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46411 · Note
• http://bugs.debian.org/496362 · Note
• https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770 · Note
• http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/dtc-common · Note