Executive Summary

Summary
Title Sun Alert 275650 A Race Condition Security Vulnerability in the OpenSolaris "automake" Utility may Allow Modification of Package Files or Execution of Arbitrary Code
Informations
Name SUN-275650 First vendor Publication 2010-01-22
Vendor Sun Last vendor Modification 2010-01-22
Severity (Vendor) N/A 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:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 4.4 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 3.4 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Product: OpenSolaris

GNU Automake is a tool for automatically generating "Makefile.in" filescompliant with the GNU Coding Standards. GNU Automake contains a racecondition security vulnerability that may allow a local unprivilegeduser to make unauthorized changes to package files or execute arbitrarycode with the privileges of another local user when that user isrunning the "dist" and "distcheck" targets.

This issue is also described in the following document:
State: Resolved
First released: 22-Jan-2009

Original Source

Url : http://blogs.sun.com/security/entry/sun_alert_275650_a_race

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-362 Race Condition

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11717
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11717
Title: The (1) dist or (2) distcheck rules in GNU Automake 1.11.1, 1.10.3, and release branches branch-1-4 through branch-1-9, when producing a distribution tarball for a package that uses Automake, assign insecure permissions (777) to directories in the build tree, which introduces a race condition that allows local users to modify the contents of package files, introduce Trojan horse programs, or conduct other attacks before the build is complete.
Description: The (1) dist or (2) distcheck rules in GNU Automake 1.11.1, 1.10.3, and release branches branch-1-4 through branch-1-9, when producing a distribution tarball for a package that uses Automake, assign insecure permissions (777) to directories in the build tree, which introduces a race condition that allows local users to modify the contents of package files, introduce Trojan horse programs, or conduct other attacks before the build is complete.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2009-4029
Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
CentOS Linux 5
Oracle Linux 5
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22010
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22010
Title: RHSA-2010:0321: automake security update (Low)
Description: The (1) dist or (2) distcheck rules in GNU Automake 1.11.1, 1.10.3, and release branches branch-1-4 through branch-1-9, when producing a distribution tarball for a package that uses Automake, assign insecure permissions (777) to directories in the build tree, which introduces a race condition that allows local users to modify the contents of package files, introduce Trojan horse programs, or conduct other attacks before the build is complete.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): RHSA-2010:0321-04
CVE-2009-4029
Version: 4
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Product(s): automake
automake14
automake15
automake16
automake17
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22739
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22739
Title: ELSA-2010:0321: automake security update (Low)
Description: The (1) dist or (2) distcheck rules in GNU Automake 1.11.1, 1.10.3, and release branches branch-1-4 through branch-1-9, when producing a distribution tarball for a package that uses Automake, assign insecure permissions (777) to directories in the build tree, which introduces a race condition that allows local users to modify the contents of package files, introduce Trojan horse programs, or conduct other attacks before the build is complete.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): ELSA-2010:0321-04
CVE-2009-4029
Version: 6
Platform(s): Oracle Linux 5
Product(s): automake
automake14
automake15
automake16
automake17
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:25255
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:25255
Title: SUSE-SU-2013:1329-1 -- Security update for automake
Description: This update of automake fixes a race condition in "distcheck". (CVE-2012-3386) Also a bug where world writeable tarballs were generated during "make dist" has been fixed (CVE-2009-4029).
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): SUSE-SU-2013:1329-1
CVE-2012-3386
CVE-2009-4029
Version: 3
Platform(s): SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11
Product(s): automake
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27954
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27954
Title: DEPRECATED: ELSA-2010-0321 -- automake security update (low)
Description: [1.9.6-2.3] - increase delay in self checks - add delays in aclocal7 self check http://osdir.com/ml/sysutils.automake.bugs/2006-09/msg00012.html - preserve timestamps of configure files [1.9.6-2.2] - add fix for CVE-2009-4029
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): ELSA-2010-0321
CVE-2009-4029
Version: 4
Platform(s): Oracle Linux 5
Product(s): automake
automake14
automake15
automake16
automake17
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 3

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2010-10-19 Name : Mandriva Update for automake MDVSA-2010:203 (automake)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2010_203.nasl
2010-04-06 Name : RedHat Update for automake RHSA-2010:0321-04
File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2010_0321-04_automake.nasl
2010-03-05 Name : Fedora Update for automake16 FEDORA-2010-1148
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2010_1148_automake16_fc11.nasl
2010-03-05 Name : Fedora Update for automake15 FEDORA-2010-1174
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2010_1174_automake15_fc11.nasl
2010-03-05 Name : Fedora Update for automake14 FEDORA-2010-1718
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2010_1718_automake14_fc12.nasl
2010-03-05 Name : Fedora Update for automake16 FEDORA-2010-3520
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2010_3520_automake16_fc12.nasl
2010-03-05 Name : Fedora Update for automake15 FEDORA-2010-3563
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2010_3563_automake15_fc12.nasl
2010-03-05 Name : Fedora Update for automake17 FEDORA-2010-3569
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2010_3569_automake17_fc11.nasl
2010-03-05 Name : Fedora Update for automake17 FEDORA-2010-3573
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2010_3573_automake17_fc12.nasl
2010-03-05 Name : Fedora Update for automake14 FEDORA-2010-3591
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2010_3591_automake14_fc11.nasl
2010-03-02 Name : Fedora Update for automake FEDORA-2010-1216
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2010_1216_automake_fc11.nasl
2010-01-15 Name : Fedora Update for automake FEDORA-2009-13157
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2009_13157_automake_fc12.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
61210 GNU Automake make dist / distcheck distdir Target Permission Weakness Race Co...

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2014-12-15 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201412-08.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-10-27 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201310-15.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-08-14 Name : The remote SuSE 11 host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_automake-130812.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20100330_automake_on_SL5_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-10-14 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2010-203.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-07-01 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2010-1148.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-07-01 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2010-1174.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-07-01 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2010-1216.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-07-01 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2010-1718.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-07-01 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2010-3520.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-07-01 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2010-3563.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-07-01 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2010-3569.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-07-01 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2010-3573.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-07-01 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2010-3591.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-05-11 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2010-0321.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-02-25 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2009-13157.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO