CVE-2013-2561 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Severity

63%

Complexity

34%

Confidentiality

153%

OpenFabrics ibutils 1.5.7 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) ibdiagnet.db, (2) ibdiagnet.fdbs, (3) ibdiagnet_ibis.log, (4) ibdiagnet.log, (5) ibdiagnet.lst, (6) ibdiagnet.mcfdbs, (7) ibdiagnet.pkey, (8) ibdiagnet.psl, (9) ibdiagnet.slvl, or (10) ibdiagnet.sm in /tmp/.

OpenFabrics ibutils 1.5.7 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) ibdiagnet.db, (2) ibdiagnet.fdbs, (3) ibdiagnet_ibis.log, (4) ibdiagnet.log, (5) ibdiagnet.lst, (6) ibdiagnet.mcfdbs, (7) ibdiagnet.pkey, (8) ibdiagnet.psl, (9) ibdiagnet.slvl, or (10) ibdiagnet.sm in /tmp/.

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 11 years ago

2013-11-23 18:55:00

Last updated 5 years ago

2019-04-22 17:48:00

Affected Software

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.0

6.0

OpenFabrics ibutils 1.5.7

1.5.7

References

RHSA-2013:1661

Vendor Advisory

20130306 OpenFabrics ibutils 1.5.7 /tmp clobbering vulnerability

Exploit

[oss-security] 20130319 Fwd: CVE requests

[oss-secuirty] 20130325 Re: CVE request: ibutils improper use of files in /tmp

[oss-secuirty] 20130326 Re: CVE request: ibutils improper use of files in /tmp

[oss-secuirty] 20130326 Re: CVE request: ibutils improper use of files in /tmp

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html

58335

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=927430

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