---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bist Du interessiert an einem neuen Job in IT-Sicherheit? Secunia hat zwei freie Stellen als Junior und Senior Spezialist in IT- Sicherheit: http://secunia.com/secunia_vacancies/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Net-snmp fixproc Insecure Temporary File Creation SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA15471 VERIFY ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/15471/ CRITICAL: Less critical IMPACT: Privilege escalation WHERE: Local system SOFTWARE: Net-snmp 5.x http://secunia.com/product/419/ DESCRIPTION: Eric Romang has reported a vulnerability in Net-snmp, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain actions on a vulnerable system with escalated privileges. The vulnerability is caused due to fixproc creating temporary files insecurely. This can be exploited via symlink attacks to create or overwrite arbitrary files on the system with the privileges of the user running fixproc. It may potentially also be possible to execute arbitrary code with escalated privileges by exploiting a race condition to manipulate the contents of the temporary file before it's executed. The vulnerability has been reported in versions 5.2.1 and prior. SOLUTION: Grant only trusted users access to affected systems. PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY: Eric Romang ORIGINAL ADVISORY: Eric Romang: http://www.zataz.net/adviso/net-snmp-05182005.txt ---------------------------------------------------------------------- About: This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help everybody keeping their systems up to date against the latest vulnerabilities. Subscribe: http://secunia.com/secunia_security_advisories/ Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.) http://secunia.com/about_secunia_advisories/ Please Note: Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive by clicking the link. Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories. Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only use those supplied by the vendor. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: Secunia Security Advisories http://secunia.com/sec_adv_unsubscribe/?email=packet%40packetstormsecurity.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------