PT-2008-6151 · Rancid · Rancid

Published 2008-11-06 · Updated 2009-09-15 · CVE-2008-4979

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 rancid version 2.3.2~a8

Description The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files, including /tmp/ipacct.#####.prefixes, /tmp/ipacct.#####.sorted, /tmp/ipacct.#####.pl, and /tmp/ipacct.##### temporary files. This is related to the getipacctg function in rancid.

Recommendations For rancid version 2.3.2~a8, consider restricting access to the getipacctg function to minimize the risk of exploitation. As a temporary workaround, avoid using the getipacctg function until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-4979

Affected Products

Rancid

References · 11

• 🔥 http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/rancid-util · Exploit
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4979 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4979 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4979 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-4979 · Vendor Advisory
• http://bugs.debian.org/496426 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32588 · 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
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/30954 · Note