First published: Thu Jan 31 2008(Updated: )
PatchLink Update client for Unix, as used by Novell ZENworks Patch Management Update Agent for Linux/Unix/Mac (LUM) 6.2094 through 6.4102 and other products, allows local users to (1) truncate arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/patchlink.tmp file used by the logtrimmer script, and (2) execute arbitrary code via a symlink attack on the /tmp/plshutdown file used by the rebootTask script.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
Unix Unix | ||
Lumension PatchLink Update Server | =6.2 | |
Lumension PatchLink Update Server | =6.2 | |
Lumension PatchLink Update Server | =6.2 | |
Lumension PatchLink Update Server | =6.3 | |
Lumension PatchLink Update Server | =6.3 | |
Lumension PatchLink Update Server | =6.3 | |
Lumension PatchLink Update Server | =6.4 | |
Lumension PatchLink Update Server | =6.4 | |
Lumension PatchLink Update Server | =6.4 | |
Novell ZENworks Patch Management Update Agent | =6.2 | |
Novell ZENworks Patch Management Update Agent | =6.2 | |
Novell ZENworks Patch Management Update Agent | =6.2 | |
Novell ZENworks Patch Management Update Agent | =6.3 | |
Novell ZENworks Patch Management Update Agent | =6.3 | |
Novell ZENworks Patch Management Update Agent | =6.3 | |
Novell ZENworks Patch Management Update Agent | =6.4 | |
Novell ZENworks Patch Management Update Agent | =6.4 | |
Novell ZENworks Patch Management Update Agent | =6.4 |
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CVE-2008-0525 has been classified with a moderate severity level due to its potential for local file truncation.
To fix CVE-2008-0525, update the PatchLink Update client to a version that addresses this vulnerability.
CVE-2008-0525 affects users of the Lumension PatchLink Update client and Novell ZENworks Patch Management Update Agent versions 6.2 to 6.4.
Exploitation of CVE-2008-0525 can allow local users to truncate arbitrary files on the system.
CVE-2008-0525 was publicly disclosed in January 2008.