PT-2008-6128 · Fml · Fml

Robert Buchholz · Published 2008-11-05 · Updated 2009-08-26 · CVE-2008-4954

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 fml version 4.0.3

Description The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/debugbuf temporary file. This is related to the mead.pl component in fml.

Recommendations For version 4.0.3, consider restricting access to the mead.pl component to minimize the risk of exploitation. As a temporary workaround, avoid using the /tmp/debugbuf temporary file until a patch is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Fix

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-4954

Affected Products

Fml

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4954 · Security Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2 · Note
• http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/fml · Note
• https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770 · Note
• http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt · Note
• http://bugs.debian.org/496370 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/30903 · Note