CVE-2010-1693 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Severity

63%

Complexity

34%

Confidentiality

153%

openibd in OpenFabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED) 1.5.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/ib_set_node_desc.sh temporary file.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 6.3. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C).

Overview

First reported 14 years ago

2010-10-26 19:00:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-08-17 01:32:00

Affected Software

OpenFabrics Alliance Enterprise Distribution (OFED) 1.5.2

1.5.2

References

[ewg] 20101021 [PATCH] security fix in openibd script

41937

Vendor Advisory

[oss-security] 20101022 CVE-2010-1693: OFED openibd startup script uses predictable tmpfile

68856

44332

ofed-openibd-symlink(62753)

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