PT-2008-6301 · Systemimager · Systemimager-Server

Dmitry E. Oboukhov · Published 2008-11-18 · Updated 2012-10-31 · CVE-2008-5156

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 systemimager-server version 3.6.3

Description The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files, specifically (1) /tmp/.inetd.conf or (2) /tmp/pxe.conf..tmp.

Recommendations For systemimager-server version 3.6.3, consider restricting access to the si mkbootserver function to prevent local users from overwriting arbitrary files until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, monitor and restrict the creation of symlinks on the mentioned temporary files to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-5156

Affected Products

Systemimager-Server

References · 4

• 🔥 http://uvw.ru/report.sid.txt · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5156 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/32370 · Note
• http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00347.html · Note