Executive Summary

Summary
Title Standard C library script vulnerabilities
Informations
Name USN-4-1 First vendor Publication 2004-10-27
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2004-10-27
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:

libc6

The problem can be corrected by upgrading the affected package to version 2.3.2.ds1-13ubuntu2.2. In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes.

Details follow:

Recently, Trustix Secure Linux discovered some vulnerabilities in the libc6 package. The utilities "catchsegv" and "glibcbug" created temporary files in an insecure way, which allowed a symlink 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-4-1

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9523
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9523
Title: The catchsegv script in glibc 2.3.2 and earlier allows local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack on temporary files.
Description: The catchsegv script in glibc 2.3.2 and earlier allows local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack on temporary files.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2004-0968
Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
CentOS Linux 3
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 26
Os 3
Os 1

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2008-09-24 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200410-19 (glibc)
File : nvt/glsa_200410_19.nasl
2008-01-17 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 636-1 (glibc)
File : nvt/deb_636_1.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
13933 GNU libc (glibc) Symlink Arbitrary File Overwrite

11040 GNU libc (glibc) catchsegv Script Symlink Arbitrary File Overwrite

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2006-01-15 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-4-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-04-29 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2005-261.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-01-13 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-636.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-01-02 Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandrake_MDKSA-2004-159.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2004-12-21 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2004-586.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2004-10-21 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200410-19.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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