Jose Luis Tallon Bacula Common 2.4.2 link following

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Jose Luis Tallon Bacula Common 2.4.2. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Such manipulation leads to link following. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-5373. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Jose Luis Tallon Bacula Common 2.4.2. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function. 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. CVE summarizes:

mtx-changer.Adic-Scalar-24 in bacula-common 2.4.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/mtx.##### temporary file, probably a related issue to CVE-2005-2995.

The weakness was disclosed 12/08/2008 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at uvw.ru. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-5373 since 12/08/2008. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 60147 (Fedora 16 : bacula-5.0.3-31.fc16 (2012-10929)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks.

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 (47247), Tenable (60147), SecurityFocus (BID 54740†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-40784†). The entries VDB-45335, VDB-45102 and VDB-45097 are pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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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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Nessus ID: 60147
Nessus Name: Fedora 16 : bacula-5.0.3-31.fc16 (2012-10929)
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OpenVAS ID: 864575
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for bacula FEDORA-2012-10929
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Timelineinfo

08/13/2008 🔍
12/08/2008 +117 days 🔍
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07/21/2012 +1321 days 🔍
07/30/2012 +9 days 🔍
07/31/2013 +366 days 🔍
03/17/2015 +594 days 🔍
08/03/2021 +2331 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: uvw.ru
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2008-5373 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-5373
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-45332
X-Force: 47247
SecurityFocus: 54740 - Bacula CVE-2008-5373 Symlink Attack Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 40784 - Bacula-Common 2.4.2 Local Arbitrary File Overwrite, Low

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 08/03/2021 12:53
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (64), 05/07/2017 11:30 (3), 08/03/2021 12:53 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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