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CVE-2008-0525

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.

Published

2008-01-31T20:00:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.6 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-59

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	unix	unix	*	No
Application	lumension_security	patchlink_update	6.2	Yes
Application	lumension_security	patchlink_update	6.2	Yes
Application	lumension_security	patchlink_update	6.2	Yes
Application	lumension_security	patchlink_update	6.3	Yes
Application	lumension_security	patchlink_update	6.3	Yes
Application	lumension_security	patchlink_update	6.3	Yes
Application	lumension_security	patchlink_update	6.4	Yes
Application	lumension_security	patchlink_update	6.4	Yes
Application	lumension_security	patchlink_update	6.4	Yes
Application	novell	zenworks_patch_management_update_agent	6.2	Yes
Application	novell	zenworks_patch_management_update_agent	6.2	Yes
Application	novell	zenworks_patch_management_update_agent	6.2	Yes
Application	novell	zenworks_patch_management_update_agent	6.3	Yes
Application	novell	zenworks_patch_management_update_agent	6.3	Yes
Application	novell	zenworks_patch_management_update_agent	6.3	Yes
Application	novell	zenworks_patch_management_update_agent	6.4	Yes
Application	novell	zenworks_patch_management_update_agent	6.4	Yes
Application	novell	zenworks_patch_management_update_agent	6.4	Yes

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/28657 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/28665 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3599 ([email protected])
http://support.lumension.com/scripts/rightnow.cfg/php.exe/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=527 ([email protected])
http://support.lumension.com/scripts/rightnow.cfg/php.exe/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=528 ([email protected])
http://support.lumension.com/scripts/rightnow.cfg/php.exe/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=530 ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487103/100/0/threaded ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27458 ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019272 ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0426 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39956 ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39958 ([email protected])
https://secure-support.novell.com/KanisaPlatform/Publishing/18/3908994_f.SAL_Public.html ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/28657 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/28665 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3599 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://support.lumension.com/scripts/rightnow.cfg/php.exe/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=527 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://support.lumension.com/scripts/rightnow.cfg/php.exe/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=528 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://support.lumension.com/scripts/rightnow.cfg/php.exe/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=530 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487103/100/0/threaded (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27458 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019272 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0426 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39956 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39958 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://secure-support.novell.com/KanisaPlatform/Publishing/18/3908994_f.SAL_Public.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)