Vulnerability CVE-2014-1639


Published: 2014-01-27   Modified: 2014-01-28

Description:
syncevo/installcheck-local.sh in syncevolution before 1.3.99.7 uses mktemp to create a safe temporary file but appends a suffix to the original filename and writes to this new filename, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the new filename.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Med.
Getting tempfile/mktemp wrong
Helmut
22.01.2014

Type:

CWE-59

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

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
3.3/10
4.9/10
3.4/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Debian -> Syncevolution 

 References:
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/90662
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65098
http://www.osvdb.org/102380
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/22/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/22/3
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=736357

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