Vulnerabilites related to lumension_security - patchlink_update
cve-2008-0525
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2008-01-31 19:30
Modified
2024-08-07 07:46
Severity ?
EPSS score ?
Summary
PatchLink Update client for Unix, as used by Novell ZENworks Patch Management Update Agent for Linux/Unix/Mac (LUM) 6.2094 through 6.4102 and other products, allows local users to (1) truncate arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/patchlink.tmp file used by the logtrimmer script, and (2) execute arbitrary code via a symlink attack on the /tmp/plshutdown file used by the rebootTask script.
References
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Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2008-01-31 20:00
Modified
2024-11-21 00:42
Severity ?
Summary
PatchLink Update client for Unix, as used by Novell ZENworks Patch Management Update Agent for Linux/Unix/Mac (LUM) 6.2094 through 6.4102 and other products, allows local users to (1) truncate arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/patchlink.tmp file used by the logtrimmer script, and (2) execute arbitrary code via a symlink attack on the /tmp/plshutdown file used by the rebootTask script.
References
Impacted products
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(LUM) versiones 6.2094 hasta 6.4102 y otros productos, permite a los usuarios locales (1) truncar archivos arbitrarios por medio de un ataque de tipo symlink en el archivo /tmp/patchlink.tmp usado por el script logtrimmer y (2) ejecutar código arbitrario por medio de un ataque tipo symlink en el archivo /tmp/plshutdown usado por el script rebootTask.", }, ], id: "CVE-2008-0525", lastModified: "2024-11-21T00:42:18.560", metrics: { cvssMetricV2: [ { acInsufInfo: false, baseSeverity: "MEDIUM", cvssData: { accessComplexity: "LOW", accessVector: "LOCAL", authentication: "NONE", availabilityImpact: "PARTIAL", baseScore: 4.6, confidentialityImpact: "PARTIAL", integrityImpact: "PARTIAL", vectorString: "AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P", version: "2.0", }, exploitabilityScore: 3.9, impactScore: 6.4, obtainAllPrivilege: false, obtainOtherPrivilege: true, obtainUserPrivilege: false, source: "nvd@nist.gov", type: "Primary", userInteractionRequired: false, }, ], }, published: "2008-01-31T20:00:00.000", 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