PT-2008-6142 · Seagate · Lustre

Robert Buchholz · Published 2008-11-06 · Updated 2017-08-08 · CVE-2008-4970

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 Lustre version 1.6.5

Description The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/iozone.log temporary file. This is related to the runiozone component in Lustre.

Recommendations For Lustre version 1.6.5, consider restricting access to the /tmp/iozone.log file to prevent symlink attacks until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, avoid using the runiozone component in Lustre version 1.6.5 to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-4970

Affected Products

Lustre

References · 7

• 🔥 http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/lustre-tests · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4970 · Security Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/30911 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44819 · Note
• http://bugs.debian.org/496371 · Note
• https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770 · Note