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geo-* Insecure Temporary Files
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA31655
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Release Date:
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2008-08-29
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Popularity:
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1,978 views
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Critical:
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Not critical
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Impact:
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Privilege escalation
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Unpatched
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| Software: | geo-*
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Description:
Some security issues have been reported in geo-*, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain actions with escalated privileges.
The security issue is caused due to various scripts (e.g. geo-code.sh and mngca-newmap) handling temporary files in an insecure manner. This can be exploited via symlink attacks to e.g. overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running the script.
Solution:
Restrict local access to trusted users only.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported in GpsDrive by Dmitry E. Oboukhov in a Debian bug report.
Original Advisory:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496436
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