ghsa-9rq6-pq33-gmw9
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Published
2022-05-01 23:31
Modified
2022-05-01 23:31
Details

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.

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{
   affected: [],
   aliases: [
      "CVE-2008-0525",
   ],
   database_specific: {
      cwe_ids: [
         "CWE-59",
      ],
      github_reviewed: false,
      github_reviewed_at: null,
      nvd_published_at: "2008-01-31T20:00:00Z",
      severity: "MODERATE",
   },
   details: "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.",
   id: "GHSA-9rq6-pq33-gmw9",
   modified: "2022-05-01T23:31:01Z",
   published: "2022-05-01T23:31:01Z",
   references: [
      {
         type: "ADVISORY",
         url: "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0525",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39956",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39958",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://secure-support.novell.com/KanisaPlatform/Publishing/18/3908994_f.SAL_Public.html",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "http://secunia.com/advisories/28657",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "http://secunia.com/advisories/28665",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3599",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "http://support.lumension.com/scripts/rightnow.cfg/php.exe/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=527",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "http://support.lumension.com/scripts/rightnow.cfg/php.exe/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=528",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "http://support.lumension.com/scripts/rightnow.cfg/php.exe/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=530",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487103/100/0/threaded",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27458",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019272",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0426",
      },
   ],
   schema_version: "1.4.0",
   severity: [],
}


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