PT-2008-6294 · Ncbi · Libncbi6

Published 2008-11-18 · Updated 2009-02-17 · CVE-2008-5149

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 libncbi6 version 6.1.20080302

Description The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/##### temporary file, which is created by the fwd check.sh script in libncbi6.

Recommendations For libncbi6 version 6.1.20080302, consider restricting access to the fwd check.sh script until a patch is available, or apply configuration changes to prevent the creation of temporary files in /tmp that could be exploited by a symlink attack.

Exploit

Fix

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-5149

Affected Products

Libncbi6

References · 7

• 🔥 http://uvw.ru/report.sid.txt · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5149 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5149 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-5149 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5149 · Security Note
• http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00347.html · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/32401 · Note