Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | Updated utempter package fixes vulnerability |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | RHSA-2004:174 | First vendor Publication | 2004-05-26 |
| Vendor | RedHat | Last vendor Modification | 2004-05-26 |
| Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | 01 |
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:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 2.1 | Attack Range | Local |
| Cvss Impact Score | 2.9 | Attack Complexity | Low |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 3.9 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| Problem Description: |
Original Source
| Url : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-174.html |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10115 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10115 | ||
| Title: | Utempter allows device names that contain .. (dot dot) directory traversal sequences, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on device names in combination with an application that trusts the utmp or wtmp files. | ||
| Description: | Utempter allows device names that contain .. (dot dot) directory traversal sequences, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on device names in combination with an application that trusts the utmp or wtmp files. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | vulnerability |
| Reference(s): | CVE-2004-0233 | Version: | 5 |
| Platform(s): | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 CentOS Linux 3 | Product(s): | |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:979 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:979 | ||
| Title: | Utempter Directory Traversal Vulnerability | ||
| Description: | Utempter allows device names that contain .. (dot dot) directory traversal sequences, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on device names in combination with an application that trusts the utmp or wtmp files. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | vulnerability |
| Reference(s): | CVE-2004-0233 | Version: | 1 |
| Platform(s): | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | Product(s): | |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
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CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
| Type | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 2 | |
| Application | 2 | |
| Os | 2 |
OpenVAS Exploits
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2008-09-24 | Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200405-05 (utempter) File : nvt/glsa_200405_05.nasl |
| 0000-00-00 | Name : Slackware Advisory SSA:2004-110-01 utempter security update File : nvt/esoft_slk_ssa_2004_110_01.nasl |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| Id | Description |
|---|---|
| 5550 | utempter Symlink Arbitrary File Overwrite utempter contains a flaw that may allow a malicious user to overwrite arbitrary files. The issue is triggered when a path to a device contains "/../", "/./", or "//" characters. It is possible that the flaw may allow a malicious user to create symlink attacks and overwrite arbitrary files resulting in a loss of integrity. |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2005-07-13 | Name : The remote Slackware host is missing a security update. File : Slackware_SSA_2004-110-01.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2004-08-30 | Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : gentoo_GLSA-200405-05.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2004-07-31 | Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : mandrake_MDKSA-2004-031.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2004-07-06 | Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update. File : redhat-RHSA-2004-174.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
|---|---|
| 2014-02-17 11:48:28 |
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