CVE-2008-0525 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 arbitra...
MediumCVSS 4.6
EPSS 0.50%
- Published
- Updated
- Exploit status
- No public exploit known
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.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| lumension security patchlink update | = 6.2 | No fix listed |
| lumension security patchlink update | = 6.3 | No fix listed |
| lumension security patchlink update | = 6.4 | No fix listed |
| novell zenworks patch management update agent | = 6.2 | No fix listed |
| novell zenworks patch management update agent | = 6.3 | No fix listed |
| novell zenworks patch management update agent | = 6.4 | No fix listed |
References
- 28657 third-party-advisory vendor-advisory
- 28665 third-party-advisory vendor-advisory
- 3599 third-party-advisory
- support.lumension.com
- support.lumension.com
- support.lumension.com
- 20080125 Two vulnerabilities for PatchLink Update Client for Unix. mailing-list
- 27458 vdb-entry
- 1019272 vdb-entry
- ADV-2008-0426 vdb-entry vendor-advisory
- patchlinkupdate-logtrimmer-symlink(39956) vdb-entry
- patchlinkupdate-reboottask-symlink(39958) vdb-entry
- secure-support.novell.com