42061 : BitchX commands.c e_hostname() Function Multiple Command Symlink Arbitrary File Overwrite
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2007-11-03

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2007-5839" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : The e_hostname function in commands.c in BitchX 1.1a allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files when using the (1) HOSTNAME or (2) IRCHOST command.

Classification

Location: Local Access Required
Attack Type: Race Condition
Disclosure: Vendor Verified

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

References

CVE ID: 2007-5839 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 26326
Secunia Advisory ID: 27463 31180 34870
SCIP VulDB ID: 3434
ISS X-Force ID: 38262
VUPEN Advisory: ADV-2007-3714
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=449149
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.285737
Other Advisory URL: http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200807-12.xml

Tools & Filters

	33558

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 4.6
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2007-11-07 | Disagree?

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