17456 : Novell NetMail for Linux Group File Ownership Local Privilege Escalation
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Timeline

Disclosure Date	Exploit Publish Date
2005-06-20	2005-06-20

Keywords

TID10098022

Description

Novell NetMail for Linux contains a flaw that may allow a malicious user to gain access to unauthorized privileges. The issue is triggered because the files in the Linux distribution of the NetMail has the owner ID and group ID set to 500. If NetMail is installed on a system where user ID 500 exists or where users belong to group ID 500, these users could delete or replace the netmail binaries, resulting in a loss of integrity.

Classification

Location: Local Access Required
Attack Type: Misconfiguration
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Public
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Technical

This issue can only be exploited on Linux operating systems.

Solution

Upgrade to version 3.52c1 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Novell, Inc.	Novell NetMail for Linux	3.52A
		3.52B
		3.52C
		3.52C1

References

Security Tracker: 1014251
Bugtraq ID: 14005
Secunia Advisory ID: 15763
CVE ID: 2005-1976 (see also: NVD)
VUPEN Advisory: ADV-2005-0819
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/10098022.htm
Vendor URL: http://www.novell.com/products/netmail/
Keyword: TID10098022

Credit

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CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 1.7
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2006-06-06 | Disagree?

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