PT-2008-6288 · Gnome · Multi-Gnome-Terminal

Dmitry E. Oboukhov · Published 2008-11-18 · Updated 2008-12-03 · CVE-2008-5143

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 multi-gnome-terminal version 1.6.2

Description The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a (1) /tmp/.debug or (2) /tmp/.env temporary file. This is related to the mgt-helper in multi-gnome-terminal.

Recommendations For version 1.6.2, consider restricting access to temporary files in /tmp to prevent symlink attacks until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, avoid using the mgt-helper function in multi-gnome-terminal until the issue is resolved.

Fix

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-5143

Affected Products

Multi-Gnome-Terminal

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5143 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/32415 · Note
• http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00285.html · Note