Tarantella Enterprise up to 3.3.20 Installer gunzip race condition

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Tarantella Enterprise 3.3.0/3.3.0.1/3.3.10/3.3.11/3.3.20. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file gunzip of the component Installer. Performing a manipulation results in race condition. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2002-0211. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Tarantella Enterprise 3.3.0/3.3.0.1/3.3.10/3.3.11/3.3.20. This affects an unknown functionality of the file gunzip of the component Installer. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a race condition vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-362. The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Race condition in the installation script for Tarantella Enterprise 3 3.01 through 3.20 creates a world-writeable temporary "gunzip" program before executing it, which could allow local users to execute arbitrary commands by modifying the program before it is executed.

The weakness was disclosed 05/16/2002 by Larry W. Cashdollar (Website). The advisory is shared at tarantella.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2002-0211. The exploitability is told to be difficult. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details and a public exploit are known.

A public exploit has been developed in Perl. The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (7996), Exploit-DB (21244) and SecurityFocus (BID 3966†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Race condition
CWE: CWE-362
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Timelineinfo

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07/11/2014 +4439 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: tarantella.com
Researcher: Larry W. Cashdollar
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2002-0211 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-0211
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-18117
X-Force: 7996
SecurityFocus: 3966 - Tarantella Enterprise 3 gunzip Race Condition Vulnerability

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 07/11/2014 13:56
Updated: 03/08/2025 23:16
Changes: 07/11/2014 13:56 (55), 06/06/2018 11:03 (1), 10/22/2024 11:24 (19), 03/08/2025 23:16 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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