aegis 4.24 and aegis-web 4.24 allow local users to overwrite...
Vulnerability Description
aegis 4.24 and aegis-web 4.24 allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (a) /tmp/#####, (b) /tmp/#####.intro, (c) /tmp/aegis.#####.ae, (d) /tmp/aegis.#####, (e) /tmp/aegis.#####.1, (f) /tmp/aegis.#####.2, (g) /tmp/aegis.#####.log, and (h) /tmp/aegis.#####.out temporary files, related to the (1) bng_dvlpd.sh, (2) bng_rvwd.sh, (3) awt_dvlp.sh, (4) awt_intgrtn.sh, and (5) aegis.cgi scripts.
Impact Analysis
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Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/aegis
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44835
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496402
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30883
- http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31970
- http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2079025&group_id=224&atid=100224
- http://bugs.debian.org/496402
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/aegis-web
- http://bugs.debian.org/496400
Affected Vendor
aegis
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Weaknesses (CWE)
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MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
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