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3 vulnerabilities found for patchlink_update by lumension_security
FKIE_CVE-2008-0525
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-01-31 20:00 - Updated: 2025-04-09 00:30
Severity ?
Summary
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References
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CVE-2008-0525 (GCVE-0-2008-0525)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-01-31 19:30 – Updated: 2024-08-07 07:46
VLAI?
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.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
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CVE-2008-0525 (GCVE-0-2008-0525)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2008-01-31 19:30 – Updated: 2024-08-07 07:46
VLAI?
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.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
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