17250 : YaMT Multiple Option Traversal Arbitrary File Overwrite
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Last Modified
10 months ago

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Disclosure
Jan 20, 2005

Discovery
Unknown

Dates

Exploit
Unknown

Solution
Unknown

Description

 YaMT contains a flaw that allows an attacker to overwrite arbitrary files. The issue is due to the sort and rename options not properly sanitizing user input, renaming filenames to be set with characters that are interpreted by the shell such as "/../../filename".

Classification

 Location: Local Access Required
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Unavailable
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Solution

 Upgrade to version yamt-0.5-1277 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. In addition, Suse has released a patch for some older versions.

Products
SuSE
Watch-list
Linux
Watch-list
 8.2
yamt.sourceforge.net
Watch-list
YaMT
Watch-list
 0.5

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Credit
  • Stanislav Brabec - sbrabecBrand New Doo Doosuse.cz - Suse Linux

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