PT-2008-6502 · Netdisco · Netdisco-Mibs-Installer

Dmitry E. Oboukhov · Published 2008-12-08 · Updated 2008-12-09 · CVE-2008-5379

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 netdisco-mibs-installer version 1.0

Description The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/netdisco-mibs-0.6.tar.gz temporary file. This is related to the netdisco-mibs-install and netdisco-mibs-download scripts.

Recommendations For netdisco-mibs-installer version 1.0, consider restricting access to the netdisco-mibs-install and netdisco-mibs-download scripts until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, avoid using these scripts to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-5379

Affected Products

Netdisco-Mibs-Installer

References · 2

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5379 · Security Note
• http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00285.html · Note