Executive Summary
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | CVE-2008-1570 | First vendor Publication | 2008-03-31 |
| Vendor | Cve | Last vendor Modification | 2024-11-21 |
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:C/I:C/A:C) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 6.9 | Attack Range | Local |
| Cvss Impact Score | 10 | Attack Complexity | Medium |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 3.4 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| Race condition in the create_lockpath function in policyd-weight 0.1.14 beta-16 allows local users to modify or delete arbitrary files by creating the LOCKPATH directory, then modifying it after the symbolic link check occurs. NOTE: this is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-1569. |
Original Source
| Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1570 |
CAPEC : Common Attack Pattern Enumeration & Classification
| Id | Name |
|---|---|
| CAPEC-26 | Leveraging Race Conditions |
| CAPEC-27 | Leveraging Race Conditions via Symbolic Links |
| CAPEC-29 | Leveraging Time-of-Check and Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) Race Conditions |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-362 | Race Condition |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20303 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20303 | ||
| Title: | DSA-1531-2 policyd-weight - insecure temporary files | ||
| Description: | Chris Howells discovered that policyd-weight, a policy daemon for the Postfix mail transport agent, created its socket in an insecure way, which may be exploited to overwrite or remove arbitrary files from the local system. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | DSA-1531-2 CVE-2008-1569 CVE-2008-1570 | Version: | 5 |
| Platform(s): | Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 | Product(s): | policyd-weight |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8031 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8031 | ||
| Title: | DSA-1531 policyd-weight -- insecure temporary files | ||
| Description: | Chris Howells discovered that policyd-weight, a policy daemon for the Postfix mail transport agent, created its socket in an insecure way, which may be exploited to overwrite or remove arbitrary files from the local system. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | DSA-1531 CVE-2008-1569 CVE-2008-1570 | Version: | 3 |
| Platform(s): | Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 | Product(s): | policyd-weight |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
| Type | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 1 |
OpenVAS Exploits
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2008-09-24 | Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200804-11 (policyd-weight) File : nvt/glsa_200804_11.nasl |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| Id | Description |
|---|---|
| 43888 | policyd-weight for Postfix Socket Handling Unspecified Arbitrary File Manipul... |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2008-04-17 | Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : gentoo_GLSA-200804-11.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2008-03-28 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-1531.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Sources (Detail)
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
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| 2024-11-28 23:14:41 |
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| 2024-11-28 12:15:18 |
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| 2021-05-04 12:07:21 |
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| 2021-04-22 01:07:45 |
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| 2020-05-23 00:21:30 |
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| 2017-08-08 09:23:59 |
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| 2016-06-28 17:13:14 |
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| 2016-04-26 17:16:17 |
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| 2014-02-17 10:44:28 |
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| 2013-05-11 00:13:58 |
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