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SuSE "SuSEconfig.gnome-filesystem" Insecure Temporary File Creation
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA10623
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Release Date:
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2004-01-14
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Privilege escalation
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Unpatched
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| OS: | SuSE Linux 9.0
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This advisory is currently marked as unpatched!
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Description:
l0om has reported a vulnerability in SuSE, allowing malicious, local users to escalate their privileges on a vulnerable system.
The problem is that the "SuSEconfig.gnome-filesystem" script creates a temporary file (/tmp/tmp.SuSEconfig.gnome-filesystem.XXXXX) with a limited number of random characters in the name. This can be exploited through a symlink attack by creating all possible combinations of the filename.
The vulnerability has been reported in SuSE 9.0.
Solution:
Do not use YaST on systems with untrusted users.
Provided and/or discovered by:
l0om
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