PT-2008-6497 · Bacula · Bacula-Common

Dmitry E. Oboukhov · Published 2008-12-08 · Updated 2018-10-09 · CVE-2008-5373

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 bacula-common version 2.4.2

Description The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/mtx temporary file.

Recommendations For bacula-common version 2.4.2, update to a version that fixes the issue, as the current version allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-5373

Affected Products

Bacula-Common

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5373 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5373 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5373 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-5373 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00347.html · Note
• http://uvw.ru/report.sid.txt · Note