frysk on Red Hat Linux /usr/bin/f RPATH insecure default initialization of resource

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in frysk on Red Hat Linux (affected version unknown). This issue affects an unknown functionality of the file /usr/bin/f. The manipulation of the argument RPATH as part of a ELF Header leads to a insecure default initialization of resource vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-1188. The product initializes or sets a resource with a default that is intended to be changed by the administrator, but the default is not secure. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

frysk packages through 2008-08-05 as shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 are built with an insecure RPATH set in the ELF header of multiple binaries in /usr/bin/f* (e.g. fcore, fcatch, fstack, fstep, ...) shipped in the package. A local attacker can exploit this vulnerability by running arbitrary code as another user.

The weakness was released 11/07/2019. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-3278 since 07/24/2008. An attack has to be approached locally. The successful exploitation needs a simple authentication. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Class: Insecure default initialization of resource
CWE: CWE-1188
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Remote: No

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CVE: CVE-2008-3278 (🔍)

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Created: 11/08/2019 06:54
Updated: 11/08/2019 06:59
Changes: 11/08/2019 06:54 (38), 11/08/2019 06:59 (17)
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