CVE-2007-0473 Information

Description

The writeFile function in core/smb4kfileio.cpp in Smb4K before 0.8.0 does not preserve /etc/sudoers permissions across modifications which allows local users to obtain sensitive information (/etc/sudoers contents) by reading this file.

Reference

http://developer.berlios.de/bugs/?func=detailbug&bug_id=9630&group_id=769 http://developer.berlios.de/project/shownotes.php?release_id=11706 http://developer.berlios.de/project/shownotes.php?release_id=11902 http://developer.berlios.de/project/shownotes.php?release_id=9777 http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Jan/0015.html http://secunia.com/advisories/23937 http://secunia.com/advisories/23984 http://secunia.com/advisories/24111 http://secunia.com/advisories/24469 http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200703-09.xml http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:042 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22299 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0393 https://lists.berlios.de/pipermail/smb4k-announce/2006-December/000037.html