PT-2008-6159 · Xastir · Xastir

Jan Lieskovsky · Published 2008-11-06 · Updated 2017-08-08 · CVE-2008-4987

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 xastir version 1.9.2

Description The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files, specifically /tmp/ldconfig.tmp, /tmp/ldconf.tmp, and /tmp/ld.so.conf, related to the get-maptools.sh and get shapelib.sh scripts.

Recommendations For xastir version 1.9.2, consider restricting access to the get-maptools.sh and get shapelib.sh scripts until a patch is available, and avoid using these scripts in environments where local users could exploit this issue. As a temporary workaround, consider implementing additional file system permissions to limit the ability of local users to create symlinks to sensitive files.

Exploit

Fix

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-4987

Affected Products

Xastir

References · 16

• 🔥 http://bugs.debian.org/496383 · Exploit
• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00307.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4987 · Security Note
• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00199.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4987 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-4987 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4987 · Vendor Advisory
• http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/xastir · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/31030 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31771 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31677 · Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=460429 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44920 · Note
• http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2 · Note