PT-2008-6140 · Carl Staelin Holdings · Lmbench

Stefan Behte · Published 2008-11-06 · Updated 2017-08-08 · CVE-2008-4968

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 lmbench version 3.0-a7

Description The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/sdiff temporary file, specifically affecting the rccs and STUFF scripts in lmbench.

Recommendations For lmbench version 3.0-a7, consider restricting access to the /tmp/sdiff temporary file to prevent symlink attacks until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, avoid using the rccs and STUFF scripts in lmbench version 3.0-a7 until the issue is resolved. 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-2008-4968

Affected Products

Lmbench

References · 12

• 🔥 http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/lmbench · Exploit
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4968 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4968 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4968 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-4968 · Vendor Advisory
• http://bugs.debian.org/496427 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32587 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/30913 · 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
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44828 · Note