PT-2008-6491 · Debian · Ppp-Udeb+1

Dmitry E. Oboukhov · Published 2008-12-08 · Updated 2008-12-09 · CVE-2008-5367

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 ppp-udeb version 2.4.4rel

Description The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/resolv.conf.tmp temporary file. This is related to the ip-up functionality in ppp-udeb on Debian GNU/Linux.

Recommendations For ppp-udeb version 2.4.4rel, consider restricting access to the ip-up functionality until a patch is available, or apply configuration changes to prevent symlink attacks on temporary files.

Fix

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-5367

Affected Products

Debian

Ppp-Udeb

References · 8

• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5367 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-5367 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5367 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5367 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5367 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/ppp · Vendor Advisory
• https://packages.debian.org/src:ppp · Note
• http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00283.html · Note