CVE-2013-1976 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Severity

69%

Complexity

34%

Confidentiality

165%

The (1) tomcat5, (2) tomcat6, and (3) tomcat7 init scripts, as used in the RPM distribution of Tomcat for JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1.0.2 and 2.0.0, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6, allow local users to change the ownership of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (a) tomcat5-initd.log, (b) tomcat6-initd.log, (c) catalina.out, or (d) tomcat7-initd.log.

The (1) tomcat5, (2) tomcat6, and (3) tomcat7 init scripts, as used in the RPM distribution of Tomcat for JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1.0.2 and 2.0.0, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6, allow local users to change the ownership of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (a) tomcat5-initd.log, (b) tomcat6-initd.log, (c) catalina.out, or (d) tomcat7-initd.log.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 6.9. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

Type

Red

First reported 11 years ago

2013-07-09 17:55:00

Last updated 5 years ago

2019-04-22 17:48:00

Affected Software

RedHat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1.0.2

1.0.2

RedHat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2.0.0

2.0.0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

5

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.0

6.0

References

openSUSE-SU-2013:1306

RHSA-2013:0869

Vendor Advisory

RHSA-2013:0870

Vendor Advisory

RHSA-2013:0871

Vendor Advisory

RHSA-2013:0872

Vendor Advisory

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=927622

Vendor Advisory

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