CVE - CVE-2008-0525

CVE-ID
CVE-2008-0525	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
PatchLink Update client for Unix, as used by Novell ZENworks Patch Management Update Agent for Linux/Unix/Mac (LUM) 6.2094 through 6.4102 and other products, allows local users to (1) truncate arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/patchlink.tmp file used by the logtrimmer script, and (2) execute arbitrary code via a symlink attack on the /tmp/plshutdown file used by the rebootTask script.
References
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BID:27458 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27458 BUGTRAQ:20080125 Two vulnerabilities for PatchLink Update Client for Unix. URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487103/100/0/threaded CONFIRM:http://support.lumension.com/scripts/rightnow.cfg/php.exe/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=527 CONFIRM:http://support.lumension.com/scripts/rightnow.cfg/php.exe/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=528 CONFIRM:http://support.lumension.com/scripts/rightnow.cfg/php.exe/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=530 CONFIRM:https://secure-support.novell.com/KanisaPlatform/Publishing/18/3908994_f.SAL_Public.html SECTRACK:1019272 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019272 SECUNIA:28657 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/28657 SECUNIA:28665 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/28665 SREASON:3599 URL:http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3599 VUPEN:ADV-2008-0426 URL:~~http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0426~~ (Obsolete source) XF:patchlinkupdate-logtrimmer-symlink(39956) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39956 XF:patchlinkupdate-reboottask-symlink(39958) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39958
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20080131	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20080131)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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