PT-2008-6134 · Impose+ · Impose+

Robert Buchholz · Published 2008-11-05 · Updated 2009-08-26 · CVE-2008-4960

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 impose+ version 0.2

Description The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files, specifically (1) /tmp/-tmp.ps and (2) /tmp/bboxx-.

Recommendations For impose+ version 0.2, consider restricting access to the temporary files /tmp/-tmp.ps and /tmp/bboxx- to minimize the risk of exploitation. As a temporary workaround, avoid using impose+ 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-2008-4960

Affected Products

Impose+

References · 10

• 🔥 http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/impose+ · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4960 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4960 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4960 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-4960 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/30906 · Note
• http://bugs.debian.org/496435 · Note
• http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2 · Note
• https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770 · Note