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Apache::Gallery Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA9700
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Release Date:
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2003-09-09
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Popularity:
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4,837 views
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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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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Apache::Gallery 0.x
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Apache::Gallery, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to escalate their privileges on a vulnerable system.
The vulnerability is caused due to the program creating shared libraries insecurely in a temporary directory (often "/tmp"). This can be exploited via a symlink attack or by placing a specially crafted shared library in the directory, which will cause it to be loaded and executed with the privileges of the web service.
Solution:
Update to version 0.7:
http://apachegallery.dk/download/Apache-Gallery-0.7.tar.gz
Provided and/or discovered by:
Jon Hart
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