PT-2008-6147 · Newsgate · Newsgate

Robert Buchholz · Published 2008-11-06 · Updated 2009-09-15 · CVE-2008-4975

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 newsgate version 1.6

Description The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/mmp##### temporary file created by mkmailpost in newsgate.

Recommendations For newsgate version 1.6, consider restricting access to the mkmailpost function to prevent arbitrary file overwrites until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, monitor and restrict the use of /tmp/mmp##### temporary files to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-4975

Affected Products

Newsgate

References · 7

• 🔥 http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/newsgate · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4975 · Security Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2 · Note
• https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770 · Note
• http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/30932 · Note
• http://bugs.debian.org/496437 · Note