PT-2008-6293 · Geda · Geda-Gnetlist

Published 2008-11-18 · Updated 2008-12-03 · CVE-2008-5148

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 geda-gnetlist version 1.4.0

Description The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/##### temporary file, which is created by the sch2eaglepos.sh script in geda-gnetlist.

Recommendations For geda-gnetlist version 1.4.0, consider restricting access to the sch2eaglepos.sh script until a patch is available, or avoid using the script to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-5148

Affected Products

Geda-Gnetlist

References · 7

• 🔥 http://uvw.ru/report.sid.txt · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5148 · Security Note
• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00431.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00475.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32806 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32875 · Note
• http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00347.html · Note