lustre Lustre-tests 1.6.5/1.6.5.1 link following

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in lustre Lustre-tests 1.6.5/1.6.5.1. The impacted element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to link following. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2008-4970. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in lustre Lustre-tests 1.6.5/1.6.5.1. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a link following vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-59. The product attempts to access a file based on the filename, but it does not properly prevent that filename from identifying a link or shortcut that resolves to an unintended resource. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

runiozone in lustre 1.6.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/iozone.log temporary file.

The weakness was shared 11/06/2008 (Website). The advisory is shared at bugs.gentoo.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-4970 since 11/06/2008. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

It is declared as highly functional.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (44819) and SecurityFocus (BID 30911†). The entries VDB-44966, VDB-44935, VDB-44934 and VDB-44933 are related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Link following
CWE: CWE-59
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Highly functional

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

08/24/2008 🔍
11/06/2008 +74 days 🔍
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03/17/2015 +2322 days 🔍
10/14/2018 +1307 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: bugs.gentoo.org
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-4970 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-4970
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-44909
X-Force: 44819 - Debian lustre-tests temporary file symlink
SecurityFocus: 30911 - Debian lustre-tests Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 10/14/2018 08:32
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (48), 10/14/2018 08:32 (6)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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