PT-2010-3340 · Openfabrics · Openfabrics Enterprise Distribution

Michael J. Oconnor · Published 2010-10-26 · Updated 2017-08-17 · CVE-2010-1693

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions OpenFabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED) version 1.5.2

Description The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/ib set node desc.sh temporary file.

Recommendations For OpenFabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED) version 1.5.2, consider removing the execute permissions from the /tmp/ib set node desc.sh file to prevent exploitation until a patch is available.

Fix

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2010-1693

Affected Products

Openfabrics Enterprise Distribution

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-1693 · Security Note
• http://lists.openfabrics.org/pipermail/ewg/2010-October/015886.html · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/44332 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/68856 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/41937 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/22/1 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/62753 · Note