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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Lookup and classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in symlink. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2007-0237. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Lookup (the affected version unknown). This affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a symlink vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-61. The product, when opening a file or directory, does not sufficiently account for when the file is a symbolic link that resolves to a target outside of the intended control sphere. This could allow an attacker to cause the product to operate on unauthorized files. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The ndeb-binary feature in Lookup (lookup-el) allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

The bug was discovered 03/18/2007. The weakness was released 03/18/2007 (Website). The advisory is shared at debian.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2007-0237 since 01/16/2007. The exploitability is told to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 29294 (GLSA-200712-07 : Lookup: Insecure temporary file creation), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 10 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (33052), Tenable (29294), SecurityFocus (BID 23026†), OSVDB (34263†) and Secunia (SA24377†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.7

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Class: Symlink
CWE: CWE-61 / CWE-59
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 29294
Nessus Name: GLSA-200712-07 : Lookup: Insecure temporary file creation
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OpenVAS ID: 58321
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1269-1 (lookup-el)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: debian.org
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2007-0237 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-0237
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-35661
X-Force: 33052
SecurityFocus: 23026 - Lookup Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability
Secunia: 24377 - Lookup "ndeb-binary" Insecure Temporary File Creation, Less Critical
OSVDB: 34263 - Lookup (lookup-el) ndeb-binary Symlink Arbitrary File Overwrap
SecurityTracker: 1017792
Vulnerability Center: 14707 - Lookup ndeb-binary Feature Symlink Attack, Low

Entryinfo

Created: 03/13/2015 12:16
Updated: 07/17/2019 08:22
Changes: 03/13/2015 12:16 (79), 07/17/2019 08:22 (3)
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