Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0. The impacted element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2007-3849. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 (Operating System). This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 ships the rpm for the Advanced Intrusion Detection Environment (AIDE) before 0.13.1 with a database that lacks checksum information, which allows context-dependent attackers to bypass file integrity checks and modify certain files.

The bug was discovered 09/04/2007. The weakness was shared 09/04/2007 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at redhat.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2007-3849 since 07/18/2007. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 67532 (Oracle Linux 5 : aide (ELSA-2007-0539)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Oracle Linux Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 117465 (CentOS Security Update for AIDE (CESA-2007:0539)).

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (36452), Tenable (67532), SecurityFocus (BID 25542†), OSVDB (40439†) and Secunia (SA26711†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 67532
Nessus Name: Oracle Linux 5 : aide (ELSA-2007-0539)
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OpenVAS ID: 70064
OpenVAS Name: Oracle Linux Local Check: ELSA-2007-0539
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: redhat.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2007-3849 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-3849
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-38639

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X-Force: 36452
SecurityFocus: 25542 - Red Hat Advanced Intrusion Detection Environment Checksum Database Weakness
Secunia: 26711
OSVDB: 40439 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Intrusion Detection Environment (AIDE) File Integrity Check Bypass
SecurityTracker: 1018652
Vulnerability Center: 16006 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux Checksum Weakness Allows Users to Bypass File Integrity Checks, Low

Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 12:18
Updated: 06/07/2025 20:12
Changes: 03/16/2015 12:18 (79), 07/25/2019 15:00 (3), 06/07/2025 20:12 (20)
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Cache ID: 216:345:103

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