3146 : Tiger Security Tool Temporary Files Race Condition and Symlink
Printer | http://osvdb.org/3146 | Email This | Edit Vulnerability

Views This Week Views All Time Added to OSVDB Last Modified Modified (since 2008) Percent Complete
10 786 over 9 years ago over 5 years ago 0 times 75%

Timeline

Disclosure Date
1998-06-28

Description

Tiger Security Scanner contains a flaw that allows local attackers to overwrite arbitrary files or possibly gain root priveleges. The flaw is due to a lack of sanity checking on calls to temporary files created in /tmp that do not check for existing files with the same name. Such flaws can be taken advantage of with symlinks and arbitrary files can be overwritten or appended to.

Classification

Location: Local Access Required
Attack Type: Race Condition

Solution

Upgrade to version 3.2 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Tiger
Security Scanner
2.2.3

References

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.2
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2003-12-31 | Disagree?

Access_vector_0 Access_complexity_2 Authentication_2 Confidentiality_impact_2 Integrity_impact_2 Availability_impact_2

Comments

No Comments.

The database information may change without any notice. Use of the information constitutes acceptance for use in an AS IS condition, and there are NO warranties, implied or otherwise, with regard to this information or its use. Any use of this information is at the user's risk. In no event shall the copyright holder or distributor (OSVDB or OSF) be held liable for any damages whatsoever arising out of or in connection with the use or spread of this information.

© Copyright 2002 - 2013 Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB), All Rights Reserved.
Privacy Statement - Terms of Use