Vulnerability CVE-2007-5839
Published: 2007-11-06   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
The e_hostname function in commands.c in BitchX 1.1a allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files when using the (1) HOSTNAME or (2) IRCHOST command.

Type:

CWE-59

 (Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following'))

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.6/10
6.4/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Bitchx -> Bitchx 

 References:
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3714
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26326
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.285737
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-12.xml
http://secunia.com/advisories/34870
http://secunia.com/advisories/31180
http://secunia.com/advisories/27463
http://osvdb.org/42061
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=449149
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/38262
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