CVE-2016-9595 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Severity

36%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

81%

A flaw was found in katello-debug before 3.4.0 where certain scripts and log files used insecure temporary files. A local user could exploit this flaw to conduct a symbolic-link attack, allowing them to overwrite the contents of arbitrary files.

A flaw was found in katello-debug before 3.4.0 where certain scripts and log files used insecure temporary files. A local user could exploit this flaw to conduct a symbolic-link attack, allowing them to overwrite the contents of arbitrary files.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 5.5. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 3.6. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P).

Overview

First reported 6 years ago

2018-07-27 18:29:00

Last updated 5 years ago

2019-10-09 23:20:00

Affected Software

Theforeman Katello

Red Hat Satellite 6.3

6.3

Red Hat Satellite Capsule 6.3

6.3

References

RHSA-2018:0336

Third Party Advisory

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9595

Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory

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