PT-2008-6146 · Netmrg · Netmrg

Robert Buchholz · Published 2008-11-06 · Updated 2017-08-08 · CVE-2008-4974

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 netmrg version 0.20

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

Recommendations For netmrg version 0.20, consider restricting access to the rrdedit function to minimize the risk of exploitation. As a temporary workaround, avoid using the rrdedit function in netmrg 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-2008-4974

Affected Products

Netmrg

References · 9

• 🔥 http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/netmrg · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4974 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44834 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32490 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2 · Note
• http://bugs.debian.org/496384 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/30930 · Note
• https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770 · Note
• http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt · Note