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Honeyd "test.sh" Insecure Temporary Files
Secunia Advisory: SA31658
Release Date: 2008-08-28
Last Update: 2008-09-11
Popularity: 2,427 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Privilege escalation
Where: Local system
Solution Status: Unpatched

Software:Honeyd 1.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2008-3928
CVE-2008-3929


Description:
A security issue has been reported in Honeyd, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain actions with escalated privileges.

The security issue is caused due to the "test.sh" script handling temporary files in an insecure manner. This can be exploited via symlink attacks to overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running the script.

The security issue is reported in version 1.5c. Other versions may also be affected.

Solution:
Restrict local access to trusted users only.

Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by Dmitry E. Oboukhov in a Debian bug report.

Changelog:
2008-09-11: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496365


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