PT-2008-6132 · Gdrae · Gdrae

Robert Buchholz · Published 2008-11-05 · Updated 2017-08-08 · CVE-2008-4958

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 gdrae version 0.1

Description The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/gdrae/palabra temporary file.

Recommendations For gdrae version 0.1, consider restricting access to the /tmp/gdrae/palabra temporary file to prevent symlink attacks until a patch is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-4958

Affected Products

Gdrae

References · 9

• 🔥 http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/gdrae · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4958 · Security Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2 · Note
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496415 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/30888 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44838 · Note
• http://bugs.debian.org/496378 · Note
• https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770 · Note
• http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt · Note