63097 : PulseAudio core-util.c pa_make_secure_dir Function Temporary File Symlink Arbitrary File Permission Modification
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Timeline

Vendor Informed Date	Disclosure Date
2010-01-10	2010-03-12

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2009-1299" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : The pa_make_secure_dir function in core-util.c in PulseAudio 0.9.10 and 0.9.19 allows local users to change the ownership and permissions of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/.esd-##### temporary file.

Classification

Location: Local Access Required
Attack Type: Input Manipulation, Race Condition
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Patch / RCS
Disclosure: Vendor Verified

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

References

CVE ID: 2009-1299 (see also: NVD)
Secunia Advisory ID: 38991 39176
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=573615
http://git.0pointer.de/?p=pulseaudio.git;a=patch;h=d3efa43d85ac132c6a5a416a2b6f2115f5d577ee
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00008.html
https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/509008
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://www.us.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2017

Credit

Dan Rosenberg

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 6.9
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2010-03-19 | Disagree?

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