Executive Summary

Summary
Title Conky: Privilege escalation
Informations
Name GLSA-201110-09 First vendor Publication 2011-10-13
Vendor Gentoo Last vendor Modification 2011-10-13
Severity (Vendor) Normal Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 6.3 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 9.2 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 3.4 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Synopsis

A privilege escalation vulnerability was found in Conky.

Background

Conky is an advanced, highly configurable system monitor for X.

Description

A privilege escalation vulnerability due to an insecure temporary file was found in Conky.

Impact

A local attacker could possibly overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running Conky.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Conky users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-admin/conky-1.8.1-r2"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2011-3616 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-3616

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201110-09.xml

Original Source

Url : http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201110-09.xml

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 27

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2012-02-12 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 201110-09 (Conky)
File : nvt/glsa_201110_09.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
70804 Conky eve Module /tmp/.cesf Symlink Arbitrary File Overwrite

Conky's 'eve' Module contains a flaw that may allow a malicious local user to overwrite arbitrary files on the system. The issue is due to the '/tmp/.cesf' file creating temporary files insecurely. It is possible for a local attacker to use a symlink attack to cause the program to unexpectedly write to, or overwrite an attacker specified file.

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2011-10-14 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201110-09.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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