PT-2008-6152 · Rccp · Rccp

Robert Buchholz · Published 2008-11-06 · Updated 2009-09-15 · CVE-2008-4980

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 rccp version 0.9

Description The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/cccp tmp.txt temporary file. This is related to the delqueueask function in rccp.

Recommendations For rccp version 0.9, consider restricting access to the delqueueask function to prevent exploitation until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, avoid using the delqueueask function in rccp to minimize the risk of arbitrary file overwrites.

Fix

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-4980

Affected Products

Rccp

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4980 · 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/30955 · Note
• http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/rccp · Note
• http://bugs.debian.org/496364 · Note