Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | unshar vulnerability |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | USN-104-1 | First vendor Publication | 2005-04-04 |
| Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2005-04-04 |
| 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: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
| A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 4.10 (Warty Warthog) The following packages are affected: sharutils The problem can be corrected by upgrading the affected package to version 1:4.2.1-10ubuntu0.2. In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: Joey Hess discovered that "unshar" created temporary files in an insecure manner. This could allow a symbolic link attack to create or overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user invoking the program. |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-104-1 |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9613 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9613 | ||
| Title: | unshar (unshar.c) in sharutils 4.2.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the unsh.X temporary file. | ||
| Description: | unshar (unshar.c) in sharutils 4.2.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the unsh.X temporary file. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | vulnerability |
| Reference(s): | CVE-2005-0990 | Version: | 5 |
| Platform(s): | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 CentOS Linux 3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 CentOS Linux 4 Oracle Linux 4 | Product(s): | |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
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CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
| Type | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 1 |
OpenVAS Exploits
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2008-09-24 | Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200504-06 (sharutils) File : nvt/glsa_200504_06.nasl |
| 2008-09-04 | Name : FreeBSD Ports: sharutils File : nvt/freebsd_sharutils0.nasl |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| Id | Description |
|---|---|
| 15260 | GNU sharutils unshar Symlink Arbitrary File Overwrite |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2006-07-03 | Name : The remote CentOS host is missing a security update. File : centos_RHSA-2005-377.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2006-01-15 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : ubuntu_USN-104-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2005-09-12 | Name : The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2005-319.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2005-07-13 | Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update. File : freebsd_pkg_5f003a08ba3c11d9837d000e0c2e438a.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2005-04-27 | Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update. File : redhat-RHSA-2005-377.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2005-04-08 | Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing a security update. File : mandrake_MDKSA-2005-067.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2005-04-07 | Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : gentoo_GLSA-200504-06.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
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| 2014-02-17 11:58:09 |
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