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CVE-2008-0525
Published: Jan 31, 2008
Modified: Aug 7, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
PatchLink Update client for Unix, as used by Novell ZENworks Patch Management Update Agent for Linux/Unix/Mac (LUM) 6.2094 through 6.4102 and other products, allows local users to (1) truncate arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/patchlink.tmp file used by the logtrimmer script, and (2) execute arbitrary code via a symlink attack on the /tmp/plshutdown file used by the rebootTask script.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
27458
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
ADV-2008-0426
vdb-entry
x_refsource_VUPEN
3599
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SREASON
patchlinkupdate-reboottask-symlink(39958)
vdb-entry
x_refsource_XF
28657
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
patchlinkupdate-logtrimmer-symlink(39956)
vdb-entry
x_refsource_XF
28665
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
20080125 Two vulnerabilities for PatchLink Update Client for Unix.
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
1019272
vdb-entry
x_refsource_SECTRACK
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