Vulnerability CVE-2008-4987
Published: 2008-11-06   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
xastir 1.9.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (a) /tmp/ldconfig.tmp, (b) /tmp/ldconf.tmp, and (c) /tmp/ld.so.conf temporary files, related to the (1) get-maptools.sh and (2) get_shapelib.sh scripts.

Type:

CWE-59

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

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.9/10
10/10
3.4/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Xastir -> Xastir 

 References:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00307.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00199.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=460429
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/44920
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31030
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/31771
http://secunia.com/advisories/31677
http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/xastir
http://bugs.debian.org/496383
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