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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-5373

Original release date:12/08/2008
Last revised:12/16/2008
Source: US-CERT/NIST
Static Link: http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2008-5373

Overview

mtx-changer.Adic-Scalar-24 in bacula-common 2.4.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/mtx.##### temporary file, probably a related issue to CVE-2005-2995.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
CVSS v2 Base Score:6.9 (MEDIUM) (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) (legend)
Impact Subscore: 10.0
Exploitability Subscore: 3.4
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Locally exploitable
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides administrator access, Allows complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service

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External Source: MISC
Name: http://uvw.ru/report.sid.txt
Hyperlink:http://uvw.ru/report.sid.txt
External Source: MLIST
Name: [debian-devel] 20080813 Re: Possible mass bug filing: The possibility of attack with the help of symlinks in some Debian packages
Hyperlink:http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00347.html

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Configuration 1
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* cpe:/a:jose_luis_tallon:bacula_common:2.4.2
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CVE Standard Vulnerability Entry:http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5373