---------------------------------------------------------------------- Secunia integrated with Microsoft WSUS http://secunia.com/blog/71/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: ncpfs "ncpmount" / "ncpumount" Race Condition Security Issues SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA38327 VERIFY ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/38327/ DESCRIPTION: Some security issues have been reported in ncpfs, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to disclose potentially sensitive information, cause a DoS (Denial of Service), and potentially gain escalated privileges. The security issues are caused due to unspecified race conditions within the "ncpmount" and "ncpumount" utilities, which can be exploited via symlink attacks. Note: Successful exploitation may require that the affected utilities are suid root. SOLUTION: Restrict access to trusted users only. PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY: Dan Rosenberg ORIGINAL ADVISORY: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2009-3297 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- About: This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help private users keeping their systems up to date against the latest vulnerabilities. Subscribe: http://secunia.com/advisories/secunia_security_advisories/ Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.) http://secunia.com/advisories/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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------