Executive Summary

Informations
Name MDVSA-2009:263 First vendor Publication 2009-08-09
Vendor Mandriva Last vendor Modification 2009-08-09
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: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

A vulnerability has been found and corrected in sympa:

sympa.pl in sympa 5.3.4 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file. NOTE: wwsympa.fcgi was also reported, but the issue occurred in a dead function, so it is not a vulnerability (CVE-2008-4476).

This update fixes this vulnerability.

Original Source

Url : http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:263

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

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

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-10-19 Name : Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:263 (sympa)
File : nvt/mdksa_2009_263.nasl
2009-10-11 Name : Sympa 'sympa.pl' Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability
File : nvt/sympa_30727.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
47550 Sympa sympa.pl Symlink Arbitrary File Manipulation

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2009-10-12 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing a security update.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2009-263.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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